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So I have recently moved to Atlantic City, maybe about seven months ago. I came from a small town,

had no casinos, had no access to gambling where else from. And since then, I have picked up a

pretty nasty habit of going to casinos.

In the past couple of months, I'd say, less than two months, maybe six weeks or so,

I've lost about $45,000 to $55,000 of my money, basically everything that I have.

It started small, started with little bets, $25 here and there, going out with some of my new friends that I met in town. And then all of a sudden, before I know it, I was going out alone. Betts went up to $100 a night and then $500 a night. And then next thing you know, I'm going in $2,000, $5,000 a night. And over the course of maybe a week and a half, I really lost a big chunk, and I tried to chase it.

And then over the past maybe three weeks or so, I've lost everything.

James, I'm sorry.

How old are you, honey?

Just turned 25.

Pretty scary to be this out of control, isn't it?

Yep.

What's really kind of scary for me, too, is I don't drink,

I don't smoke, I don't do anything at all. I live a fully sober life. I don't do anything else.

I've never had an addiction, anything, never used nicotine, nothing. So first real addiction,

I think, I've ever felt. Yeah. Well, you're feeling one.

There's no question.

I mean, you have all the symptoms anyway of somebody who's in the throes of that.

You mean, you're watching yourself almost an out-of-body experience do life-destroying things and still do them anyway.

That's the sign of an addict, right?

Yep.

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