My husband’s habit will tear our lives apart

DEAR DEIDRE: My husband’s gambling habit is way out of control and I’m scared we are going to lose our house.

We have three children so we bought a bigger house at the end of last year and we agreed that my husband would pay off his gambling debts so that we could start afresh.

That has never happened and every month we have less disposable income.

It first started when my husband won a lot of money on a stag weekend in Las Vegas five years ago. He got hooked on gambling and now bets whether it’s on the horses...