One man, more than any other, is to blame for this ... my friend, American Contract Bridge League Silver Life Master, Ilan Tadmor.
Ilan is a hard core bridge pusher, as seen here in his booking photo from when he was arrested for peddling copies of Marty Bergen's bridge book, Points Schmoints! to innocent children on the board walk in Atlantic City.Ilan organized a lovely bridge party yesterday ... where else? But the upper-east side of Manhattan, of course. How "ladies who lunch" is that?
Eight of us played until Ilan had to leave and threw us out. Then four of us went to a Starbucks and played until the place closed and they threw us out. On the bus and subway going home, guess what game I played on my handheld computer for an hour?
So I played bridge for 11 hours straight yesterday. When I got home there was no one left awake on this continent to play bridge with me. It took every ounce of what little self control I possess to keep myself from inviting my friend Ron, who lives in Japan and was therefore awake, to play Bridge Base Online Internet bridge with me.
Does the Betty Ford Clinic treat bridge addicts?
So that was going to be the end of this post ... until I read the message from Betty on the home page of her clinic. "I’m also fortunate to know first hand the power of intervention, the process
that took me to the drug and alcohol rehabilitation center where my personal journey of recovery began. Sadly, there is still very little assistance available for those whose lives have been touched by this disease."
What?!?! Are you fucking kidding me? "Very little assistance"?!?!
According to the Alcoholics Anonymous "Fact File", there are over 100,000 AA chapters with over 2,000,000 members. Any drunk who can fall down a flight of stairs into the basement of any church can find help ... usually three times a day, seven days a week.
Wake up, Betty! Americans are the most self-helped, therapized, head-shrunk, support grouped people in the world.
"Very little assistance."
What a crock.
3 comments:
You called, but not to acually play. You should try a gambling support group, I hear they help people who have problems with cards.
-Ron
I understand your obsession with bridge. I learned to play a few months ago and haven't been able to keep myself away from the game. It's a little thing (...relative to other larger things) that has changed me a lot.
- dallying
tell me more about your friend Ilan,I like him.
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