Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction? Can the advice of loved ones even help? What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.
Of course you have to tell their family members, being a good friend is not only partying together and having a good time, sometime you need to take difficult decisions that may put a strain on your friendship or even destroy it, and this is one of those cases.
If one of your friends is suffering from an addiction you need to try to help them, and one of the easiest ways to do this is by involving their family, now your friend may even hate you because of it, but even if that is the case you did the right thing by telling their family the truth.