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Born to Lose: Memoirs of a Compulsive Gambler
By Bill Lee
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A gripping, true story of one man’s forty-year struggle with compulsive gambling and his hard-won recovery.
"My history of gambling really began before I was born." So opens Born to Lose, Bill Lee's self-told story of gambling addiction, set in San Francisco's Chinatown and steeped in a culture where it is not unheard of for gamblers (Lee's grandfather included) to lose their children to a bet. From wagering away his beloved baseball card collection as a youngster to forfeiting everything he owned at black jack tables in Las Vegas, Lee describes what gambling addiction feels like from the inside and how recovery is possible through the Twelve Step program.
"My history of gambling really began before I was born." So opens Born to Lose, Bill Lee's self-told story of gambling addiction, set in San Francisco's Chinatown and steeped in a culture where it is not unheard of for gamblers (Lee's grandfather included) to lose their children to a bet. From wagering away his beloved baseball card collection as a youngster to forfeiting everything he owned at black jack tables in Las Vegas, Lee describes what gambling addiction feels like from the inside and how recovery is possible through the Twelve Step program.
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Bill Lee is a cattle farmer, businessman, father, grandfather, and seventh generation Tennessean. After graduating from college, he joined the family business, Lee Company, where he held several roles before becoming President of the company in 1992 and then stepping back to serve as Chairman in 2016.
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