I was working long hours and gambling all the time. I really thought I was dead. I look back at my life now and realize that it was always my faith that kept me alive. Right before Christmas in 1999, my son said, 'I can't stand to see you anymore. We took a family vacation that year after Christmas, and I promised the family I wouldn't gamble again.
Gamblers are great liars.
We can tell you anything you want to hear and we can wear any mask you want us to wear. We can appear happy or remorseful, whatever it takes to get what we want. The friend I was with couldn't understand why I was upset. I told him that was money I could've used to pay a dentist for my kids. My kids hadn't been to the dentist in three years.