Born to Lose: Memoirs of a Compulsive Gambler
- ISBN-10
- 1616491345
- ISBN-13
- 9781616491345
- Series
- Born to Lose
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-02-03
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Bill Lee
Description
A gripping, true story of one man’s forty-year struggle with compulsive gambling and his hard-won recovery. "My history of gambling really began before I was born." So opens Born to Lose, Bill Lee's self-told story of gambling addiction, set in San Francisco's Chinatown and steeped in a culture where it is not unheard of for gamblers (Lee's grandfather included) to lose their children to a bet. From wagering away his beloved baseball card collection as a youngster to forfeiting everything he owned at black jack tables in Las Vegas, Lee describes what gambling addiction feels like from the inside and how recovery is possible through the Twelve Step program.
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