Don't let gambling ruin your life
Those who have been affected by a gambling addiction know it's very difficult to recover from the financial consequences
Those who have been affected by a gambling addiction - either their own or that of a loved one - know it's very difficult to recover from the financial consequences. Bridget Khuzwayo's* addiction cost her dearly - she lost her husband and her home, and the urge to play the slots alienated her from her children. She was also suspended from work for absenteeism, but even this didn't stop her. "It took a very long time for me to wake up. Even when I had lost everything, I continued to go back to the casino," she says. Khuzwayo was banned from several casinos in her home province of KwaZulu-Natal."I used to travel to Johannesburg and Sun City just to gamble. Sometimes I'd spend days there, stuck with nowhere to go because I'd spent all my money." Khuzwayo knew she was addicted when she squandered her children's school fees on gambling then lied to her husband about it. He gave her the R5500 for her daughter's fees but she went to the casino and gambled it away, emerging the next morning...
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