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I haven’t shaved in over a month. I am growing far too much body hair. Not in one place, but everywhere. Armpits, belly button, head, up the nose and those two places that will make you think less of me if I mention them.

It’s time to snap a few shoelaces and get out of the house.

Back when all my pieces were in the right order on my chessboard poker was a big part of my life. It was the one place where alcohol didn’t play the starring role. The only place I sought over the incoherent ramblings of a man with blood in his knickers. Gold. The opportunity to slip a few crisp 50s into my wife’s handbag when she wasn’t looking.