Published on 12, July, 2020
My 24 year old son has Aspergers, although not diagnosed as there is no funding in Ayrshire for adults to be diagnosed, we have done all the online tests and he scores high on them all.
We have now found out he has a gambling addiction and is thousands of pounds in debt. I am worried sick and don't know how to deal with it. We have made him go to gamblers annonymous and also took bank cards off him, informed gambling sites/payday loans of his addiction. What else can we do?
Its common, people like us, with mental disabilities, often get addicted to gambling and other things. It gives us a rush of dopamine, and also provides us an escape, from the pain of life. There is help, local gambling addiction hotlines, etc