Coronation Streets explosive storyline about gambling addiction really hit home for a good reason they hired a recovered addict to advise them.
When a building yard went up in flames in the ITV soap on Friday, owner Ed Bailey was suspected of starting it to pay his gambling debts. While it remains to be seen whether Ed, played by Trevor Michael Georges, did start the fire, taking desperate measures to find funds is a scenario familiar to Colin Walsh.
Colin went to extraordinary lengths to fund his gambling over a 20-year period, including taking money from his business after he racked up debts running into thousands. Now Colin, 46, a former recruitment director, is sharing his experience of a problem that Public Health England estimates…
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