NC for this post. A young person I know (very young dc of a neighbour, only just 18) has developed a gambling addiction and is now deeply into debt with what sounds like a loan shark (informal lending, no proper paperwork, very high interest).
The family can bail the young person out, but is wondering can you stop someone from taking on more “unauthorised” debt again in future? I don’t know what happens in a situation like that; if the family reported the “lender” or refused to pay the debt, would someone end up getting physically hurt? Would it rebound on the dc in some way?
I live a very staid lower middle class life and in all my days never came across a situation like this outside programs like Eastenders!