A man who lost his son to gambling-related suicide has urged more people to seek help from a specialist clinic.
John Myers, whose 27-year-old son Ryan ran up gambling-related debts before his death in 2014, said he was passionate about helping others recover from addiction.
Mr Myers said the North West Gambling Service in Liverpool could provide support and treatment for those affected and their families.
“If I can stop one family from going through what we went through then I have done a good thing,” he said.
Mr Myers said: “When we started looking into it, [Ryan] spent his wages three times in one day, trying to get out of his debt.”
He said it was worrying that someone sitting quietly on their own in the corner of a pub could be “gambling…
