Might Bite: The Secret Life of a Gambling Addict
Autor Patrick Foster Cu Will Macphersonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 feb 2022
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472992130
ISBN-10: 147299213X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 147299213X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
There are 450,000 problem gamblers in the UK, with a further 4.5 million affected by the addiction. Problem gamblers are twice as likely to die from suicide compared to the general population. Professional sportsmen and women are three times more likely to develop a gambling addiction.
Notă biografică
Patrick Foster is a former professional cricketer, insurance broker and school teacher whose life was shattered by a pathological gambling addiction. He now devotes his life to preventing others following the same path through his work with EPIC Risk Management, the leading gambling harm-minimisation consultancy in the UK.Will Macpherson is a sports journalist. For the last two years he has been the Evening Standard's cricket and rugby correspondent. Before joining the Evening Standard, he worked mainly for the Guardian and the Times.
Cuprins
Foreword by Marcus Trescothick March 2018 October 2006 June 2007 January 2010 August 2011 July 2012 October 2014 January 2016 December 2016 March 2017 August 2017 January 2018 March 2018 At the time of writing Reflections from recovery References Acknowledgements
Recenzii
Powerful ... electrifying ... compelling . challenges deep-seated class assumptions about gambling ... [which is] still regarded as a problem for poor people, for losers. You only have to read Foster's unflinching account of entitlement, self-hatred and degradation to know that is the biggest lie of all.
[A] mesmerising, superbly written story of despair, decline and redemption ... Searingly honest ... compelling ... should be in the hands of anyone who has eyed a bet
I don't think any book has gripped me like Might Bite.
Gripping and harrowing ... enough to make any gambling enthusiast think carefully.
Reading of Foster's descent is itself compulsive
An extraordinary story . vital stuff
An in-depth testimony ... show[s] how anybody can fall prey to gambling addiction.
A powerful story that I know only too well - a no-holds barred journey through gambling addiction and into the hope of recovery.
A well written, ruthlessly honest account of gambling addiction
As a society, we are only just getting to grips with gambling addiction. Patrick Foster is a trailblazer. His work will help many.
A shocking insight into life with gambling addiction and proof that these issues really don't discriminate.
Foster's compelling account of a once charmed life careering on a downward spiral proves [gambling addiction] can affect anyone.
A must read journey through gambling addiction and out the other side - ultimately uplifting.
This story will stop you in your tracks.
Might Bite is beautifully written
A powerful read and a hell of a story
A remarkable piece of work
You should all read Might Bite...a brutally candid, must-read memoir co-written with Will Macpherson, the Evening Standard cricket correspondent that ought to transcend the world of elite sport.
A brilliant memoir which exposes the scale of this addiction
Astonishing.Might Bite is a harrowing tale of the final moments of a gambler's descent to near destruction, but it's a tale that demands to be told.
A must - electrifying confessions of a high-achieving public schoolboy who destroyed himself with a secret betting addiction
[A] mesmerising, superbly written story of despair, decline and redemption ... Searingly honest ... compelling ... should be in the hands of anyone who has eyed a bet
I don't think any book has gripped me like Might Bite.
Gripping and harrowing ... enough to make any gambling enthusiast think carefully.
Reading of Foster's descent is itself compulsive
An extraordinary story . vital stuff
An in-depth testimony ... show[s] how anybody can fall prey to gambling addiction.
A powerful story that I know only too well - a no-holds barred journey through gambling addiction and into the hope of recovery.
A well written, ruthlessly honest account of gambling addiction
As a society, we are only just getting to grips with gambling addiction. Patrick Foster is a trailblazer. His work will help many.
A shocking insight into life with gambling addiction and proof that these issues really don't discriminate.
Foster's compelling account of a once charmed life careering on a downward spiral proves [gambling addiction] can affect anyone.
A must read journey through gambling addiction and out the other side - ultimately uplifting.
This story will stop you in your tracks.
Might Bite is beautifully written
A powerful read and a hell of a story
A remarkable piece of work
You should all read Might Bite...a brutally candid, must-read memoir co-written with Will Macpherson, the Evening Standard cricket correspondent that ought to transcend the world of elite sport.
A brilliant memoir which exposes the scale of this addiction
Astonishing.Might Bite is a harrowing tale of the final moments of a gambler's descent to near destruction, but it's a tale that demands to be told.
A must - electrifying confessions of a high-achieving public schoolboy who destroyed himself with a secret betting addiction