we alcoholics have to be very careful and check our motives. what i am reading is tellin me he is in denial of gambling being a problem. if it wasnt a problem, he wouldnt have a problem talking about it( thats my opinion).
IDK iffen hes in AA or not, but if he is, something that was done to me and got my attention( without knowing it) is my girlfriend talked to my sponsor about my behavior, then my sponsor approached me about it and called me out on it.