u/Commercial_Error_107

After I wrote a very long post to tell my story I realized, I'm just rewriting every story that happened to a gambling addict.

Im 27m,

Lost 12k in couple of months of gambling(I gambled for the first time ever few months ago).

Maxed out a credit card and have zero dollars to my name.

I have a wife but she doesn't know anything about my addiction, I'm really afraid of losing her if she knows about it or honestly I'm afraid of how much it's gonna hurt her.

My question is should I tell her and deal with the consequences? Or should I try to deal with debt first try to get it smaller before I tell her, but I feel like she's the only person than can stop my addiction.