All Bets Are Off (eBook)

Losers, Liars, and Recovery from Gambling Addiction

Arnie Wexler (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
252 Seiten
Central Recovery Press, LLC (Verlag)
978-1-937612-76-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Arnie Wexler's compulsive gambling spiraled out of control....after forty-plus years in recovery, he's become a nationally known expert on gambling addiction.Wexler's life as a gambler began on the streets of Brooklyn, New York, flipping cards, shooting marbles, and playing pinball machines. At age fourteen he found the racetrack, a bookie, and started playing the stock market. His obsession with gambling accelerated until a fateful day in 1968 when it all came crashing down.Wexler's gripping narrative leads us through the dungeon of a compulsive gambler's worldchasing the big win and coming up with empty pocketsand how his addiction drove him and his wife, Sheila, to the edge of life. With help, they managed to escape, and together they have devoted themselves to helping others with the problem they know so well.All Bets Are Off provides a revealing picture of how the often hidden addiction of compulsive gambling ravages the lives of both the addict and those around him or her. It is a brutal cautionary tale, and also an inspiring story of hope and healing for anyone affected by problem gambling.

Autor

lt;div>Arnie Wexler is a recovering compulsive gambler and a Certified Compulsive Gambling Counselor. He was the Executive Director of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey for eight years and the past Senior Vice-President of National Council on Problem Gambling. He runs a national hotline for compulsive gamblers and is a nationally known authority, consultant, and lecturer on compulsive gambling. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Nightline, the Today Show, Good Morning America, Hard Copy, This Week with David Brinkley, Inside Edition, 48 Hours, and Crossfire among others. He has been profiled and quoted in many newspapers and magazines including Psychology Today, Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, LA Times, Glamour, and Newsweek.

Steve Jacobson was a sports reporter and columnist for Newsday for more than forty years. He authored and co-author a number of books with notable sports personalities. He was named by Associated Press among the top sports columnists and twice was nominated by Newsday for the Pulitzer Prize.