Thank you. I too am an extreme libertarian about what we can do, and whether certain activities should be "legal". Yes, she made all of her own decisions, and yes,she suffers from these decisions, but GOD I want my sister back. I have the same conflicts about drugs and legalization. I doubt she would be in the mess she is in if gambling weren't so available. Too bad we have to pay so high a price for Liberty. I love her so much, but she is almost completely destroyed by her easy access to casinos. Everyone has their own addictions, and I am no hypocrite. I just wish she didn't have such an untreatable addiction. I've tried gam-anon, for the families of gambling addicts. There just doesn't seem like there is anything families can do. It's such a strange addiction. With other addictions, you can offer money, housing, and support. With this addiction, ANY help just feeds it and makes it worse.
They keep passing laws we don't need and soon everyone will be a criminal. Even if they don't know they are. We don't need four years of Congress passing new laws. They need to stop passing any new laws until they revisit the multitude of old laws that need to be done away with or improved upon.
In small town Minnesota the Indians opened a casino. My mom was on the adult education board. She fought against offering evening classes on gambling and won while she was on the board. As soon as she was off the board they introduced those classes. This same community also had a huge center for treating addictions, one of them being gambling.....
I embrace the liberties this country has to offer and am conflicted with these issues of gambling and drugs. Does this country really need to allow easier access to addictions?
I am so sorry for what you are going through. Your statement of wanting your sister back really touched me. You sound like your heart is broken....your sister is on my prayer list....