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Compulsive Gambler Joel\u2019s first bet was, as it often is, during childhood.\xa0 Joel was a fantastic marble player; and not only one the games among the kids, he would up winning all the marbles and taking them home.\xa0 But as a teen, his parents took him to the track, giving him two dollar to play with.\xa0 Joel won fifteen.\xa0 And from that moment, he just knew he could make money his whole life by gaming.\xa0 He became a card player, a pool player, and seemed unstoppable.\xa0 But Joel could never find satisfaction.\xa0 And then Joel began losing; gambling more than he made in salary and ending up in a hole.\xa0 He even stole from his parents to cover the bets. Three marriages and fourteen years later, Joel began to relapse despite a long spate of sobriety.\xa0 His wife Susan could tell something was amiss; a descendant of a dysfunctional family herself, Susan knew for her marriage to work she also would need to seek recovery.\xa0 But she also needed to confront him.