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...quit. Says an old Ladbroke's hand: "We could never understand how a man so clever in business could be so stupid as to sit there all night throwing money away." One friend blamed Sir Hugh's failed marriages for causing a "glandular imbalance" that impaired his gambler's instinct and made him stay far too long at the wheels. He certainly did not learn from his father, who also enjoyed gambling. Says Sir Hugh: "The great difference between my father and me was that he knew when to stop...
...gamblers at G.A. meetings come from a variety of social and economic backgrounds. Says Dr. Robert L. Custer, a psychiatrist with the Veterans Administration in Washington and an expert on gambling, alcohol and drug abuse: "The compulsive gamblers don't follow any pattern. The only similarity is the addiction." Custer has termed compulsive gambling a "progressive behavior disorder," and points out that whereas the casual gambler goes to the track or casino with friends, the compulsive one usually goes alone...
After studying 50 cases in a special treatment program at the VA Hospital in Brecksville, Ohio, in 1972, Custer and two associates produced a composite picture of a compulsive gambler in an advanced stage. The portrait, in part: he is a male in his 30s, without any financial resources; he sleeps poorly and is indifferent toward sex; he drinks a good deal; he is tense and irritable; he has thought of suicide; he thinks about gambling constantly...
...self in the description. He confesses: "When I was gambling, my wife could have been home dying from cancer, and I could not have cared less." G.A. Member Myron R. of New York City actually stole money from his four-year-old to go to the track. One possessed gambler even admits to digging up and selling coffins to get cash...
Soapy Roles. There are also little pockets of drama in the stands: Will Car Salesman David Janssen stop treating Mistress Gena Rowlands mean and marry her? Will Gambler Jack Klugman, way in the hole and threatened with immediate extinction unless his debts are settled, beat the point spread? Most of all, will Good Cop Charlton Heston and Stadium Manager Martin Balsam be able to neutralize the sniper without having to turn to the dire methods of Tough Cop John Cassavetes and his blood-hungry SWAT team...