I wasn’t worried about marrying a gambling addict - but I didn’t realise how bad it could get

Donna Rogers felt God brought her together with her husband but when he relapsed back into gambling addiction, she found herself terrified and in huge debt.

When I met Nick beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris he didn’t have compulsive gambler tattooed on his forehead. It was such a romantic meeting I can be forgiven for falling head over heels right there. He was attractive, easy to talk to and we instantly clicked. I confess that as he was telling me some of his story warning bells were going off in my head.

We had a whirlwind relationship. One afternoon he told me that he was an addict. I held my breath. I had had a number of relationships with addicts. When he told me he was addicted to gambling I was relieved! It didn’t sound so bad. I didn’t have a clue about this destructive, relentless addiction that took the gambler down and everyone else with them.