Enough Is Never Enough    

I

was supervising one night on the support line we run for young people across the UK when a message came in from a 15-year-old girl.

“Hi, I don’t know if you can help, but my house is becoming a horrible place to live. My father is never home anymore. He’s always out. Even when he is home, he’s on his phone. He says he’s busy for our benefit, but he’s so stressed all the time. My mum cries at night. I just want him to stop, but he can’t. He says he needs to keep going so we can have everything we need.”

At first glance, it sounded like a message about alcohol, gambling, or drugs.

But it wasn’t. This father wasn’t addicted to a substance. He was addicted to working.