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Gambling All Your Life and Getting Nothing, Winning or Losing Is a Half-Life Mistake
I have reached middle age and want to write about my experiences in the first half of my life. I once thought that the gambling table was a ladder to heaven, that I could win luxury cars and deposits with a handful of cards, that I could win stars and the moon with one bet, and that I had endless glory. I thought I had grasped all the good things in the world. The wanton squandering when winning money and the false glory of being sought after by others made me indulge in the fantasy woven by fat
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Red and Blue Battlefield
Of all the people I've lost, the one I miss the most is myself. The most terrifying thing about gambling is not losing or winning, but the temptation full of desire. Ten years of gambling, a lifetime of shackles. The neon lights of Baccarat in Macau once illuminated my ambitions, the stack of chips at the Texas table in my hometown gave me false dignity, and the "must-win" rhetoric in online gambling pop-ups eventually dragged me into a quagmire of no return. I thought I was in control of my d
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