Hunter, Thanks for all your efforts in promoting my new book. Per your request, I am attaching the excerpt.
I am also pasting the book announcement below.
Please let me know how things are going for you. I look forward to hearing from you.
Be Well, Bill
http://www.hcibooks.com/book-description.asp?BookID=721
"Born to Lose: Memoirs of a Compulsive Gambler" by Bill Lee
Category: Self-Help / Memoir
Publication Date: 4/1/2005
Imprint: Hazelden Binding: Trade PaperSize: 5 x 7
ISBN: 1592851533 Page: 256pp Price: $12.95 Case Qty.: 0 EAN: 9781592851539 UPC: 929370129585153 Other: Z2486
Overview A gripping, true story of one man's forty-year struggle with compulsive gambling and his hard-won recovery Description
My history of gambling really began before I was born." So opens Bill Lee's self-told story of gambling addiction.
Born in San Francisco's Chinatown, Lee was raised in a culture where it is not unheard of for gamblers, his own grandfather included, to lose their children to a bet. From wagering away his beloved baseball card collection in third grade to forfeiting everything he owned at blackjack tables in Las Vegas, every new and terrifying loss validated Lee's feelings of worthlessness. With gritty honesty and true humility, Lee describes what gambling addiction feels like and looks like from the inside. "Everything was a blur to me," Lee writes about a gambling jag that brought him to financial ruin. "I was in such a reckless and self-destructive frame of mind that I would have bet my life if required. In a way, that's what I was doing. I was that far gone from reality." In the end, however, "Born to Lose" is a memoir of hope as Lee reveals how recovery from his gambling addiction has been possible through the Twelve Step program.
Key Features Gaming is the fastest growing industry in the United States; gambling is the fastest growing addiction, affecting youth, the elderly, and women in record numbers. There are more than 10 million compulsive gamblers in the United States and an estimated 100 million problem gamblers worldwide (those with the greatest potential to become compulsive gamblers).
The only memoir on the market to detail gambling as an addiction and to tell the story of recovery. Author Highlights Bill Lee is the author of "Chinese Playground." He has also written numerous articles for the San Francisco Chronicle and Asian Week. Lee is the principal of Bill Lee & Associates, a senior management and technical search firm based in California. Lee has been featured on the History Channel, A&E Network, and in national print publications.
Advance Praise "Bill Lee accurately depicts the inner workings of the mind of a pathological gambler. Ultimately, this is a story of hope, recovery and perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable conditions. His memoir is a must-read for patients and families who are struggling with gambling problems as well as for the therapists who treat them."
Timothy W. Fong, M.D. Co-director, UCLA Gambling Studies Program "Born to Lose" skillfully places the reader inside the mind of a compulsive gambler. Any gambler afflicted with this disease will find in these pages a great deal of identification along with guidelines for recovery." Mary Heineman, CSW Author of "Losing Your Shirt" Ordering Information:
Available at bookstores nationwide and online April 1, 2005. Or to pre-order directly from the publisher: Telephone: (800) 441-5569
please go to the page named "documents" for a preview of the book!!
