Club & Pubs Hours To Be Opened Later In The Afternoons - Mother of a Bipolar Disorder Son, Mount Druitt!

Mary from Mount Druitt, who I have known and seen in the area for the last 25 years or so, has asked if I could do something to help her son and the rest of the Mount Druitt wider community.

It is something that is hardly spoken about, but recently has raised some 'think tank heads' that needs to be looked at and remedied. Her elderly son has Bipolar Disorder. He is a compulsory gambler, hocked  his and family items to support his habit. Mary then goes to the hock shop pays them back to return home, finding more items hocked.

He does not understand how he is treating his life and the close people around him, whilst coping with this mental illness. 

Bipolar is a mental illness that can make it difficult for family or
friends to assist the person having a better life. It could happen to anyone at any time.

Her request she feels will fall on deaf ears as she claims politicians and bureaucrats will may not want to listen and do something about it. She wants local Hotels/ Clubs not to open so early in the mornings and be opened later in the afternoons. The reason is her son is a compulsive gambler and is hocking items at hock shops, in our local area. As soon as she pays for the items herself at the hock shops, he is at it again using his and her own personal items a hocking again, feeding his gambling issue. 

She also doesn't know who to turn too. I have suggested she seek counseling, to hopefully give her a peace of mind.

By these hotels/clubs opening early in the morning it is promoting more people like her son to be a compulsive gambler. I personally think these clubs/Hotels should open around 2pm earliest not 8am like some do. This may not be to the clubs/pubs satisfaction or advantage: cut in profits, jobs etc but isn't it better to reduce the cases of compulsive gambling  combined with the mental illness of Bipolar Disorder!

She claims there will be less of a rush of her son and others to gamble and waste their money and people will have more time to do more relaxed activities.
 
If this doesn't win the clubs/pubs over, then at least it might win the community over and any other community advocates, local, state and federal politicians, health authorities. Let's see what these authorities can do to get these opening hours reduced.

Dictionary meaning:

bipolar disorder

noun

noun: bipolar disorder; plural noun: bipolar disorders; noun: bipolar affective disorder; plural noun: bipolar affective disorders

1. a mental condition marked by alternating periods of elation and depression.

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