It isn't your typical counseling session. Lori isn't a compulsive gambler. She says her husband is. Gambling counselor Jewel Cooper is helping Lori deal with the addiction that hurt every member of her family and almost ruined her marriage. She says, "when a compulsive gambler walks in at the end of the day and he's been at the casino, they don't smell any different, they don't look any different, they don't pass out. There are no physical signs there is a problem."
This is just a short snip from an article about the recently approved casino in Waterloo, Iowa and the expected increase of problem gamblers it will bring. One of my best therapies I ever hear in a meeting are those from the family members we affect, both on the first day they arrive with their compulsive gambler, or if they are lucky, later at a celebration meeting.
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