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I met my ex husband back in 2000 and we married in 2005, for what I thought would be forever. In 2010, we had our first child, a son. Shortly after he was born my ex husband began to drink more heavily and blamed me for his unhappiness and the inability to go out like we used to before having children. Having a newborn baby was difficult and while I spent all of my time caring for our family, his drinking got worse. He started spending more time on the computer and became very secretive on the phone, this was the beginning of what would become a severe gambling problem. He would hide commission checks that he would receive to feed his gambling habit. In 2012, I became pregnant with our second child. I started to discover his gambling problem and his drinking became more and more apparent. He promised me that he would stop, but credit cards were beginning to reach higher and higer limits. Shortly after our daughter was born he joined Facebook where he reconnected with a girlfriend from high school. They started an emotional relationship. Finally, after many panic attacks, bouts of verbal abuse, and the continuation of excessive drinking, gambling, and cheating I left. Our divorce is now finalized and I am left with a hefty lawyer bill, half the debt he accured while gambling, and he gets to walk away with half of my 401k (he had Roth IRAs that mysteriously disappeared). I desperately want to move on with my life and am forced to start fresh. Options like this are my last hope before having to file for bankruptcy. Your consideration is appreciated. God bless.
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