Bust by Adam Resnick

From the book cover:

On the surface, Adam Resnick was your typical guy next door, a dynamic young businessman, a devoted husband and father of two. But Adam spent nearly two decades as an obsessive gambler, chasing his habit from casino to casino, bookie to bookie, winning and losing millions, often in mere hours--until one day he received a phone call that was his moment of reckoning, and that marked his transition from lifelong addition to awareness and recovery. Bust is a true-life tale of a man whose gambling roller coaster finally stops and he has to winback millions in a day or lose everything.

Adam Resnick grew up in a typical middle-class Wisconsin household. From early childhood, he exhibited behavioral patterns that would later define and drive his gambling. Before his indictment in 2005, he had built a successful career as a health care entrepreneur. In January 2007, after pleading guilty to wire fraud, Resnick began a forty-two-month term in federal prison.

Questions for discussion:

What did you think about the book?

Do you think the book paints a realistic picture of the world of gambling?

Have you ever gone to a casino or gambled? How does it make you feel?

Have you ever known anyone with a gambling addiction or other addiction?