I am a recovering addict and poker player, I too when starting out found it very very hard to control the urge to create "action" and to treat those around me poorly as well. I too have squandered my own edge in life by making poor choices and ensuring that I have had to work hard at breaking even in life. I was able and fortunate enough to have help forced on me years ago, and now am living the life I want; I get tp play poker as a semi-professional, win some local tourneys from time to time and meet a lot of great people in the process. I met Stu in 1989, when I was a teenager, and I continue to wish him the best and to Stefanie and Madeline as well. I only wish he could have seen what we all saw in him.