Recently I had finished with a multi-state


700 mile R/T and lost consciousness ‘behind


the wheel’ on a crowded highway. I survived.


I have lived on society’s fringes for so long.


Adjusting to living a gambling-free existence


is very hard for me. I have been a denizen of


the AP demiworld for a very long time.


I am a Septuagenarian.


My health is seriously compromised.


My brain functions are slipping.


I am a chronic-pain sufferer.


I must make the painful decision to retire


from blackjack and all related activities.


I have numerous (real life) friends who are A.P.’s


and not communicating with them hurts me.


The problem for me is that mentoring card


counters and networking with A P professionals


keeps me involved, and thus prevents me from


fully embracing my avocations so that I can live


through my dotage. Perhaps I can just post here


now and then, with careful editing of course.