Arnie Wexler

All Bets Are Off (eBook, ePUB)

Losers, Liars, and Recovery from Gambling Addiction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Arnie Wexler's compulsive gambling spiraled out of control . . . now after forty-plus years in recovery he is a nationally known expert on gambling addiction and helps others to "quit the bet."

All Bets Are Off chronicles Wexler's life as a gambler that 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 to take his bets, and started playing the stock market. His preoccupation 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 world-chasing the big win and coming up with empty pockets-and 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Central Recovery Press, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781937612764
• Artikelnr.: 42136537

Autorenporträt

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.