Las Vegas Review-Journal
ED GRANEY: Problem gambler comes out a winner
He lost everything. His wife and three children. His parents' loyalty. His home. His car. His friends. His freedom. He had stolen from those closest to him and abandoned those he should have protected most.
He sat on train tracks one day, praying the locomotive would arrive and splatter his corrupt existence to bits. It didn't.
So the doctor wanted to know what it would finally take, how much more pain he could give others and endure himself, how many more years he was willing to sit in jail, how many more times he could risk the train being on time.
"I looked her in the eyes and said, 'If you could guarantee me I could be even after today, that would be it,' " said
Michael Osborne.
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