And he should do this because otherwise, if he gives up one addiction he may be prone to starting another (alcohol,
gambling, shopping, etc.) because
addiction of this sort is self medicating. He needs the therapy to get to the root of wha the is self medicating for.
Now, I don't get all the talk from tinkerbell about fiance's and babies and all of that . . . out of left field to your question------------- but I do agree that this is a red flag.