Beyond the Glitz & Glamour of Las Vegas

Death & Addiction

Fiction & Literature
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Author: Rosemary A. Cunliffe North ISBN: 9781479795956
Publisher: Xlibris US Publication: March 12, 2013
Imprint: Xlibris US Language: English
Author: Rosemary A. Cunliffe North
ISBN: 9781479795956
Publisher: Xlibris US
Publication: March 12, 2013
Imprint: Xlibris US
Language: English

A true story of a woman whose worst nightmare comes true with the loss of one of her children. The authors only son, Andrew, is brutally and senselessly murdered in Las Vegas Nevada at the age of twenty-one. Through out the capture, trial, and sentencing of her sons murderer, Rose preservers. After all the turmoil, the author shuts everyone out of her life, including her only other child, her daughter and husband, whom she forgets how to love. In order to escape the harsh reality of the world without her son, the author resorts to gambling at the casinos in Las Vegas. Roses gambling slowly becomes an addiction. Rose quickly becomes obsessed with a powerful compulsion to gamble. She recounts some of the ways she obtained the means to gamble, risking her family and harming relationships with those who love her. After years of gambling, she finally admits denial & defeat and can say: Im Rose, and yes, Im a compulsive gambler! Rose finds recovery through the Twelve Steps of the Gamblers Anonymous Program and its Fellowship. She finds her lost spirit, her family and her Savior Jesus Christ, along with a deeper understanding of her addiction, and love of family and friends.

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A true story of a woman whose worst nightmare comes true with the loss of one of her children. The authors only son, Andrew, is brutally and senselessly murdered in Las Vegas Nevada at the age of twenty-one. Through out the capture, trial, and sentencing of her sons murderer, Rose preservers. After all the turmoil, the author shuts everyone out of her life, including her only other child, her daughter and husband, whom she forgets how to love. In order to escape the harsh reality of the world without her son, the author resorts to gambling at the casinos in Las Vegas. Roses gambling slowly becomes an addiction. Rose quickly becomes obsessed with a powerful compulsion to gamble. She recounts some of the ways she obtained the means to gamble, risking her family and harming relationships with those who love her. After years of gambling, she finally admits denial & defeat and can say: Im Rose, and yes, Im a compulsive gambler! Rose finds recovery through the Twelve Steps of the Gamblers Anonymous Program and its Fellowship. She finds her lost spirit, her family and her Savior Jesus Christ, along with a deeper understanding of her addiction, and love of family and friends.

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