1 hr 4 minGambling addiction
All of his income went straight to gambling
Daniel Bullen was gambling at eight or nine years old, and spent years believing one big win would fix everything.
Daniel Bullen/Compulsive gambler in recovery
The Nothing's Off The Table podcast
I sit down with people who have been to the bottom of addiction and found the way out.
I am Louis Ruggiero. Twelve years of compulsive gambling, more than $10 million gone, and it nearly cost me my life. Two new episodes a week, on YouTube and wherever you listen.
52 guests have told their story on the show.
Daniel Bullen
Sophie Sumner
Jimmy Abbate
Joe Pizzimenti
Anthony Scamardella
Uri Edell
Craig Perra
Madeline
Raquel Herrera
John Bonatesta
Karina Miesner
Mia Ruggiero
Mike Shooty
John Rokee
Jonathan Cohen
Corey Warren
John Scafiddi Jr
Danny
Dan Ryan
Westley Morris
Jonah Marais
Tyler Ramsey
Ashley Moore
Eugene K.
Sal
Garet
Sam Favata
Adriana
Cormac
Adam Joseph
Lauren G.
Kurt F.
Jessie
Lamar Odom
Anne
Anthony Natoli
Alan Griffin
Jordi
Andrew
Jordan Freeman
Caitlin
Gambling therapist
Sam
Sydney McAllister
Joe Cannon
Mathew Bowyer
Kat
Moshe
Olivia
Renee Graziano
Mike Steinmetz
Kevin LanningStart here
The ones people cannot stop watching
- 01
Other drugs
Surviving the mafia, addiction and domestic abuse
Renee Graziano/Mob Wives
158K
51 min
- 02
Heroin and opioids
Inside Olivia's descent into IV heroin addiction
Olivia/Nurse, seven years sober
133K
54 min
- 03
Alcohol
She hid bottles everywhere
Sydney McAllister/Sober Syd
113K
1 hr 10 min
- 04
Alcohol
Alcohol gave me stage 2 liver disease at 22
Karina Miesner/Nearly two years sober
88K
39 min
- 05
Gambling addiction
I lost $580,000 in ten days and wanted to die
Joe Cannon/Twelve-year gambling spiral
66K
51 min
- 06
Gambling addiction
He lost everything gambling, then paid back every person
Moshe/The Watch King NYC
54K
1 hr 1 min
- 07
Gambling addiction
He won $3.2 million in 48 minutes, then lost $13 million
Mathew Bowyer/Bookmaker in the Ohtani case
43K
1 hr 20 min
- 08
Heroin and opioids
I had a $1,200-a-day pill habit
Kevin Lanning/Interviewing me
38K
2 hr 3 min
- 09
Alcohol
A handle of vodka a day put her in a coma at 30
Adriana/Cirrhosis survivor
35K
39 min
Then, and now
Nobody wakes up planning to lose everything.
Then
I was an alcoholic and a drug addict before I was ever a gambler. I got sober from substances and thought I had already done the hard part.
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Compulsive gambling
$0million, gone
What it took
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What got me out
In December 2024 I was suicidal, with a ten-month-old son asleep down the hall. What got me out was not a programme I paid for. It was a room full of strangers.
The library
Find the story that sounds like yours
Every episode is tagged, so you can go straight to whatever you are actually dealing with.
- Family and relationshipsThe marriages that survived it, and the ones that did not.30
- Rehab and treatmentTwenty-five treatment centres, one that finally worked, and why.28
- Mental health and suicideThe nights people planned to end it, and what stopped them.22
- Gambling addictionThe addiction that leaves no track marks and no smell on your breath.21
- Sober living and habitsThe unglamorous daily mechanics of staying clean.21
- AlcoholHigh-functioning drinking, hidden bottles and the double life it takes to keep it going.16
- Debt and moneySix figures gone in an afternoon, and the years spent paying it back.16
- RelapseFour years clean and then one bet. Why it happens, and what comes after.16
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1 hr 4 minWhat you can do today
Three ways in
One is free and starts on Monday. One is a month of work with me. One is your turn to talk.
The show
Real talk. Real people. Twice a week.
Every Monday and Thursday, someone sits down and tells the truth about how far it went and how they got out. Subscribe and you will know the moment each one lands.
Partnerships
Reach people at the exact moment they decide to stop
- Full episodes
- 91
- Subscribers
- 26.7K
- Apple rating
- 4.6
I have turned down gambling industry money and I will keep turning it down. That is the only reason a recommendation from me still means anything.
If you need help right now
You do not have to wait until you hit the bottom to walk into a room.
All resources and meetingsGamblers Anonymous
Free meetings in person and online, worldwide, every day of the week.
gamblersanonymous.org