Stanley had a good childhood. “When I was young, I was very smart, and always thought I would be a millionaire or a billionaire…. Because I was smart, I thought I could earn more money than others. Because I earned money in my early transactions, I thought I could earn more money fast.”

Stanley gambled on the stock market from age 20 until he was 34. For the past two years, he has not gambled. During the last year of his gambling, “I was very tired. I had many debts. I always had to find money. I was very tired…. I was thinking of my wife…. She didn’t know anything about it…. I thought, if she knew, she would go away…. I wanted to pass away so she could get my insurance money. I thought about suicide…. I was planning, but did not do it.” When she did learn about the debt, she said “you have a problem – your feeling and your thinking are very wrong. You have to go for a consultation or I won’t be with you again.”