30 minGambling addiction
He turned $30,000 into $500,000 in chips, then lost it in 72 hours
Kurt F./Compulsive gambler in recovery
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He turned $200 into $100,000, then lost it all
Decades of compulsive gambling, and one run that made it look like he had finally figured it out.
Uri Edell once turned two hundred dollars into a hundred thousand. Then he lost all of it, which is how almost every one of these stories goes after the big win.
He gambled compulsively for decades, through sports betting and online casinos, and we get into why the secrecy lasted as long as it did and what it took for him to finally choose recovery.
His point is the one I keep coming back to on this show. It does not matter how long you have been in it. Recovery starts when honesty replaces the secrecy and you are willing to ask for help.
