The Gam-Anon family group can help you cope with fact that you are living with a gambler who has a problem. You can find online a list of twenty questions and if you answer yes to at least six of the twenty, then Gam-Anon can help you.
Some of the questions are: Does this person lost time from work because of gambling? Do you feel this person cannot be trusted with money? and Does this person borrow money to gamble with or to pay gambling debts? The group called Gam-Anon is made up of wives and husbands, close friends and relatives of the compulsive gambler. You can join this group anytime you feel you need a support group and you do not have to wait for the gambler in your home to seed help first.
Here you can understand the gambling mind set and be taught way to cope with this person. It is up to us to help ourselves to gain that peace of mind and some serenity in the world of living with a gambler. It is possible to motivate that gambler to find help for himself as the Gam-Anon member learns how to deal with day to day problems.