Gamblers try to recover in `the room' - 2004-01-30
Welcome to "the room."
Twelve strangers sit around a conference table. For two hours, they reveal secrets their wives, parents and children have never known.
They cry. Sometimes they laugh. But mostly they chat about being sick.
For Mark, it began naively enough. He went with his wife to $5 blackjack tables in Atlantic City. Before long, he was playing the horses and wagering $1,500 on craps.
Read the full story at Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ