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People often say "it is never too late". In my experience, it is. I am a man of around 40 and, without knowing it, I was seized by my gambling addiction. More and more my life revolved around gambling. More and more my life revolved around gambling.
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Last Sunday I had a call with a counselor. This conversation felt comfortable from the beginning. The counselor listened carefully to me and after about 5 to 10 minutes told me about his own ex gambling behavior and that he had been gambling free for 2.5 years. The recognizable stimuli and relapses of both made it easy to talk about my gambling problem.
Ten years ago, she discovered that her husband had a gambling addiction. He had lost all their wealth, and had large debts to relatives. Thanks to her family, he told her. It was a great shock to her. She hadn't seen it coming. In a marriage where openness and honesty were seen as great values, she expected no secrets.
The candid story of Feite and Dorien about Feite's gambling addiction.
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