<prompt> Human: Original post hereHi rpersonalfinance! I wanted to update everyone on my situation and take time to thank everyone who helped us get to where we are now. I sat my husband down and had a long talk with him about how his spending was out of control and unacceptable. He agreed and started taking classes at the VA for stress management. This helped tremendously! They taught him not to use money as a coping mechanism.I made a compromise with him on the video games: instead of him spending 200 every month on the next new game, we paid for a Gamefly subscription and now he can play as many games as he wants and Im only paying around 10 a month. He stopped spending frivolously and has started working as much as possible. We are current on rent for the second month in a row and all bills are paid up! We have been able buy groceries every paycheck without worrying and we even had enough this check to get some gifts and decorations for Christmas. We have a very strict spending rule: no charges to the card over 20 without checking in. We each get 20 each paycheck to buy whatever we want.Things are awesome now, thanks to all of your advice!  <response>: Good on you for finding a solution that both saves you money AND better satisfies your husbands needs. With any recurring payments groceries, Netflix, rent, insurance, etc. its always good to take a look once in a while and see if you can improve on the cost or quality, or if you really need it in the first place. 