38 minGambling addiction
He lost six figures in 35 minutes, then the casino offered him a free room
He walked into Parx Casino with a school bag full of money that was not his.
Danny/Bet on Reset
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.
31 guests have told their story on the show.
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The ones people cannot stop watching
01Other drugs
Surviving the mafia, addiction and domestic abuse
Renee Graziano/Mob Wives
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02Heroin and opioids
Inside Olivia's descent into IV heroin addiction
Olivia/Nurse, seven years sober
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54 min
03Alcohol
She hid bottles everywhere
Sydney McAllister/Sober Syd
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04Gambling addiction
I lost $580,000 in ten days and wanted to die
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05Gambling addiction
He lost everything gambling, then paid back every person
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06Gambling addiction
He won $3.2 million in 48 minutes, then lost $13 million
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1 hr 20 min
07Heroin and opioids
I had a $1,200-a-day pill habit
Kevin Lanning/Interviewing me
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08Alcohol
She shouldn't be alive
Kat/Treatment centre owner, nine years sober
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09Gambling addiction
A $10,000 slot win ruined his life
Sam/Founder, Evive
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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.
0years
Compulsive gambling
$0million, gone
What it took
0room
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.18
- Rehab and treatmentTwenty-five treatment centres, one that finally worked, and why.17
- Mental health and suicideThe nights people planned to end it, and what stopped them.14
- Gambling addictionThe addiction that leaves no track marks and no smell on your breath.14
- Sober living and habitsThe unglamorous daily mechanics of staying clean.10
- Debt and moneySix figures gone in an afternoon, and the years spent paying it back.10
- RelapseFour years clean and then one bet. Why it happens, and what comes after.10
- Other drugsCocaine, meth, pills and the years they take before anyone notices.09
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38 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
- 23.6K
- 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.
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