''After work we'd often go to the pub for a drink,'' she says. It was the night that dictated the next decade of her life. She found that her new colleagues were into pokies and one night she decided to join in the fun. ''It was just an escape for a little while here and there,'' she says.ĭown but motivated, Kaye moved to Sydney to work in hospitality. She started going to the pub and putting a few dollars in a poker machine. Her friends had left to study at university and Kaye became lonely. Like many teenagers, Kaye struggled with an eating disorder, which became worse at 24 when her father died from a mystery lung disease. An older sister did a PhD, she says admiringly, and paid for it herself. ![]() She was sporty, popular and, like her four siblings, finished year 12. She learnt the value of money and worked around school hours to buy things she wanted. Up in housing commission accommodation but says her family was happy and had everything it needed. ![]() She is 36, well educated and well groomed. Kaye may be a common gambling addict, yet she is far from the stereotype. It's important that I don't think too much about what I lost to gambling because looking back just makes me hate myself. But I know I'm smart and I know I can do it.
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