Patrick Chester - Understanding gambling addiction.
Patrick Chester is an author and speaker on the subject of gambling addition. A former addict himself, he now lives in Washington State with his wife Erica and his two sons.
Patrick’s problem with gambling started in 2005. He was working for himself as a contractor so had access not only to his own money but that of his customers and resorted to criminal acts to feed his addiction. What started out fun turned into a catastrophe that landed him in jail.
Six years later Patrick is living a life of recovery trying to help educate people about what gambling addiction is, how to recognise it and what the dangers are as well as helping people suffering from it. In this podcast:
Patrick talks about how gambling took over his life
How difficult it is to see that someone has a gambling addiction
Why he now feels serving a jail term for his crimes was a good thing for him
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