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"I'm Buying Friends" - Alex Wired Corporate Funds to Feed His Gambling Addiction

Join our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/SoberlySpeaking⁠⁠ Growing up as a second-generation Chinese Australian in Canberra, Alex spent much of his childhood wanting to be anything but himself. At just eight years old, he made a quiet but powerful connection: success, titles and money equals love.That belief followed him into adulthood and when COVID hit, the pressure, boredom and loss of identity converged into a gambling addiction that quietly took over his life. He was placing sports bets in the middle of the night, lying to his partner about missed bills and rent, borrowing money from…

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