alison_143

My husband is honest with me and tells me where and what he paints. It's always just his graffiti name in these elaborate multi colored designs. To him is IS art. It's not "ugly" and thoughtless for him. That's what blurs the fact that it's illegal. It's his hobby. He is known my other artists around who contact him and congratulate him on his work so he has a taste of the fame he wants from the people he wants it from. How do I involve a counselor or stage an intervention?

When I bring up talking to the bishop about it, he sluffs it off. I think he knows he would be told to stop. I want him to talk to someone with authority, be it the bishop or a counselor, but how do you get someone to go that doesn't want to?

He's not part of a gang. Just an artist. He has done murals and canvas work but says it's not the same. It's the rush of doing something illegal and getting away with it that keeps him doing it.

I need help to know how to deal with my husband who does graffiti. Not little things, BIG things. Tonight he got back at 2:00 am after painting 7' tags in two very prominent spots right on the interstate. If I were to call the cops, he would be charged with a felony. He says he does it for the want of fame and street credit. That statement doesn't seem to alarm him at all. This has been a problem for him for a long time, and he almost couldn't go on his mission because he got busted. He quit for almost 5 years, then something triggered him to start back up again about 2 years ago. I try not to make a big deal about it because he goes through long stretches of not doing anything major, but when he breaks, he binges. He understands it's illegal, and that he could go to jail, he just doesn't seem to think that is actually going to happen because he's supposedly smarter than the cops and knows what to watch out for. He acts exactly as if this is an addiction, but he refuses to see it that way. I'm tired of worrying about if he'll be coming home or if he's in jail. He honestly doesn't think what he's doing is that bad. We are active members of our Ward and we have an 18 month old son to take care of so I'm not the only one his actions affect. Any suggestions?