I understand how grief can take an enormous mental toll on anyone and everyone - I’m sure we all do. But there’s so little actual information and yet so much deliberate vagueness (and a PowerPoint slide?) that this is soooo shady. Strangers should repay the money he borrowed from family members? Nope - family members can either wait or eat it (or ultimately do both) because they lent it knowing the situation. And can grief (possibly repressed or projected grief) be displayed through stupid decisions like gambling, drugs, shopping, etc.? Sure. But not anyone else’s problem. He’s 100% right that his children deserve a father who’s responsible, mentally and emotionally available (as do his patients), and who provides them with a stable and safe home environment, but he should have gotten himself to a therapist a year ago before he found himself £40K in debt, with a doctor’s salary, no less. CB is either a scammer or his hubris is off the charts.