Meetings locator for family and friends of compulsive gamblers in the UK.

Gam-Anon is a self-help group for family and friends of compulsive gamblers. Perhaps you are dealing with a friend or family member who you believe has a gambling problem. Is this problem tearing apart your lives causing financial hardship, ruining relationships?

Compulsive gambling is a serious and progressive illness and if it’s left untreated it will only get worse. The good new is that there is help available. All across the country there are groups to help friends and families of compulsive gamblers deal with the problem. 

We are fortunate in the UK to have many of these meetings, at most locations there’s also a Gamblers Anonymous group that meets at the same time in a different room. 

Gamblers Anonymous is a self-help group for the gambler. It’s an entirely separate fellowship and it’s a place that gamblers can go to for help. 

Whats is Gam-Anon.

Gam-Anon is a group for friends and family members of compulsive gamblers and that’s very important because compulsive gambling is a family disease, because it’s negatively affects everyone involved with the gambler, but especially gamblers family.

I want to encourage you to come to Gam-Anon whether or not your gambler acknowledges that there is a problem or seeks help. Either way you still need to come. If you feel that you need to look for a Gam-Anon meeting in your area there are a couple of ways to find this kind of meeting. 

Gam-Anon Meetings Locator

The table below is a meetings locator for friends and families affected by gambling problem in the UK. I prepared this table, so you can see exactly the time and where all the meetings are being held. 

Please be aware all meetings are run by volunteers so there is no guarantee of a meeting near you. We are always happy to support the formation of new groups in an area so contact their national secretary  for help.

GamAnon meetings are usually held on the same nights as GA meetings but in separate rooms. The two fellowships do not share experiences or information about each other.

If the table above gives you only an approximate location or incorrect meeting time, please visit gamanon.org website for detailed information. 

Many of the meetings are held in church locations, this is purely because they are available – GamAnon has no religious affiliations.

Always check the meetings details on the Meetings page as some change venue or frequency of meetings.