BOOK ON GAMBLING ADDICTION AND RECOVERY FROM IT,

FOR OVER 35 YEARS WE  HAD A IDEA TO DO A BOOK ON GAMBLING ADDICTION AND RECOVERY FROM IT,  SO PEOPLE MIGHT GET TO UNDERSTAND THIS ADDICTION AND THAT PEOPLE CAN  AND DO RECOVERY FROM IT.
 A FEW YEARS AGO WE WERE ABLE 2 GET THAT DONE.
WE ARE NOW GETTING E MAILS AND CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FROM PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HELP FOR THEMSELFS OR A FAMILY MEMBER ITS A REAL GIFT THAT SHEILA AND I CAN SHARE OUR RECOVERY WITH OTHERS. 
I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW THERE IS HELP OR WHERE TO FIND THE HELP 
 AND SO MANY   PEOPLE WHO HAVE A GAMBLER IN THERE FAMILY WHO ARE LOOKING 4 HELP 
  
ARNIE AND SHEILA WEXLER    
GOT THIS E MAIL  BELOW YESTERDAY FROM A FAMILY MEMBER LOOKING 4 HELP
AND THEY SAID I COULD SHARE IT  !   HOPE IT MIGHT BE OF HELP TO SOMEONE
Arnie and Sheila!
 
I feel like I can call you by first name. I feel like I know you. Like we should be neighbors and there should be tea brewing and cookies probably. 
 
I just finished reading “All Bets Are Off” and wanted to email you. I mean JUST finished it, like 2 minutes ago. I’m in an addictions class, I’m getting my masters in counseling, and I’m the daughter of a gambling addict. My dad never entered recovery, he died in 2004 from lung cancer. When he was sick I took care of our house as best as a 17 year old can. We almost lost our house many times. I used to find money hidden all over the kitchen, hidden in old vases on top of the cabinets. I thought that was normal. Years later, while changing a flat tire in his old car I found stashes of scratch tickets where the spare tire was. We found trash bags full of them. I only realized how bad it was in the past 6 months…I didn’t know back then. I was just a kid. 
 
I read your book because I wanted, needed, to have more compassion for my dad. I needed more information because all I felt was anger and betrayal and I can’t ask him about it. I didn’t understand why, even when he was dying, he couldn’t stop. Thank you for sharing your story, for your honesty, and for showing what grace looks like in the dark pit of addiction. Thank you for helping me, a 30 year old woman, take a few more steps in the journey called forgiveness. Thank you for giving a voice to many, addicts and family alike. 
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   Being the daughter of a gambling addict I came to this book hoping for more information, something that could tell me why my father would choose gambling over my family, over me. Though it’s not the ultimate answer, this book opened me to the truth of gambling addiction and the fight that likely happened with my father. I hoped to find something that could help me forgive and find compassion for the man who was my father (he has since passed away) and forgiveness for myself and others. Excellent read, Sheila’s comments display the grace and forgiveness that can come from hard work and self discovery. It has helped me continue along the journey of forgiveness and redemption, and has lightened the burden that once weighed heavily on me.
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