“I had a mortgage, two kids and a seat on the parish council. I also had six online casino accounts.”
Online roulette. Every night when the house was asleep. Red, black, red, black. I'd tell myself one more spin and look up and it'd be 5am.
I remortgaged without telling my wife. I forged her signature. That's the truth.
When it came out I thought she'd leave.
When it came out I thought she'd leave. She didn't, but she made me go to GA. I sat in that room in Galway feeling like the worst man in Ireland, and a fella with a Mayo jersey said, I did worse, and you're here, so you'll be grand.
I self-excluded from everything. My wife manages the money now and I get an allowance like a teenager. It's humbling. It's also the first time in ten years I've slept through the night.
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