A nurse practitioner earning nearly $200,000 a year called her financial advisor as homework from her therapist, six months clean from a gambling addiction that wiped her out twice before. Whether this time sticks comes down to one number she…
Lashawn, a family nurse practitioner in Charlotte, opened her call to The Ramsey Show with one sentence: “I am a gambling addict for the past 15 years and I have been sober for the past 6 months.” She told hosts George Kamel and Rachel Cruze that the call was homework from her therapist. Phoning in “is one of my steps with my therapist.”
Her income is big. Her base salary is $196,000, and overtime can push it to $210,000. She takes home $10,000 to $11,000 a month, plus $1,050 in child…