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I had a relationship at home.
Actually, a pretty close relationship that I was in for,
my relationship is going on 27 years now.
And after coming back from Iraq, I avoided the relationship
because it was just an argument upon argument upon argument.
And I would run away from the situation.
There was a casino where I lived.
I used to hang out at the casino.
I hung out at that casino, I can't tell you for, one time,
24 hours, one time I was there and I was totally exhausted
and I drove home and went to work
that same day in that condition.
Yeah, I avoided a lot of things and I learned,
I'm not a gambler, I learned, after I went through treatment
that I was gambling to avoid confrontation
and to avoid communicating really.
'Cause I had no communication skills.
I was still in a war zone in my mind.