[decafninja]

My wife’s uncle took in a man into his home, gave him a room to live in, and a job as a cook at his restaurant. This man would otherwise have been homeless on the streets.

The man doesn’t seem to be fully mentally well, but apparently he does his job diligently, has no inclination towards being violent, doesn’t do drugs, and keeps his problems mostly to himself.

That said, he has an extreme gambling addiction (he blows all his paychecks at casinos) and having seen his room once, it looked and smelled like a biohazard disaster.

He seems like a poor fellow that had some bad luck and now lives to just gamble the rest of his life away.

I give my uncle in law huge respect for taking this guy in, and also my aunt in law for also putting up with him living in their home. I don’t think my wife or I could have done the same.

The two of them are workaholics though and their home is just a space for them to sleep between work shifts at their restaurant. Which is why I don’t think they care too much about this man’s room’s condition.

[Rendello]

The man in the article had a similar problem:

> While they admitted the dynamic had its difficulties, including battling Ronnie's gambling addiction for 20 years, they couldn't imagine their lives without him.

[decafninja]

One unfortunate aspect about their relationship is that my uncle in law also likes to gamble - but in strict moderation.

However this means the two of them sometimes end up going to the casinos together. I don’t think these trips are helping this man’s gambling addiction.

[Rendello]

That's one reason I don't like to drink. I can moderate myself (I don't like being inebriated at all), but some around me are active or recovering alcoholics. So why drink in front of them?

A recovering family member told me the location of every bottle of booze in the family home where we were, their type, and how full they were. In the fridge, the back of the cupboard, and in the basement under the laundry rack. Even though he'd stopped drinking! So, I don't even like keeping alcohol in the house anymore, especially if it's not locked up.