A Dubliner revealed how her debt almost destroyed her marriage before she found a 12-step programme for people struggling with financial issues.
Maria (name changed on request) was drowning in debt despite running a successful business. She told Dublin Live: "For me, I couldn’t understand why I was working really hard and I never had any money.
"It was like the money used to slip through my fingers. My relationship with my husband was pressurised because we’d argue a lot about money. He’d say, ‘€5,000 came in, where is it gone?’ and I’d say, ‘I actually don’t know’."