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My brother is a professional gambler. Attractive, but weak. No serious relationship prospects. Takes drugs regularly, smokes. The last book he read and enjoyed was probably the phantom tollbooth when he was 10. He has a lot of time on his hands. He has indicated a desire to read. All i can think of is Epictetus' discourses. He feels lost, and probably that he's wasted his life to this point.

Good books to help him save himself, a thread, please.

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>> No.17750430

Long Days Journey Into Night made me feel like shit about being a drunk.

Meditations of Marcus Aurelius I guess for development of discipline.

The New Testament for self-forgiveness.

>> No.17750440

>>17750380
A book isn't gonna save this guy. I'd get him something he'd find interesting that's also literary in hopes of kindling his desire to read. Maybe then he can find something on his own (because that's how it has to be) that will point him down a good path.

>> No.17750460

Sounds like he needs to read A River Runs Through It. Actually both of you should read it at the same time.

>> No.17750463

>>17750420
Ecclesiastes

>> No.17750529

>>17750380
>No serious relationship prospects
is this a big deal?

>> No.17750577

>>17750529
Might give him something to work towards, be responsible, give purpose, have someone to protect.

>> No.17750590

>>17750460
Does this make sense even though gambling is a boring $20/hr job to him? Also not a drunk? Never read this

Thanks for suggestion regardless

>> No.17750655

>>17750380
>Good books to help him save himself, a thread, please.
DANTE - DIVINE COMEDY

"Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost"

>> No.17750682

In the past 10 months or so I have probably made about 30k USD in the stock market (no reddit meme stocks. mostly nano/micro cap break outs) in addition to my 55k a year salary.

In financial terms this is the most comfortable I have been in my life but I honestly feel guilty, like I have done something wrong. I am able to provide for my wife and our 3 year old but it is a strange sensation to become somewhat numb to the financial. I keep thinking about to Uncle Ted and the power process that some people convince themselves they partake in by chasing the financial. I am scared to find myself becoming one of those people so I intensely try to cultivate a numbness to anything financial. I treat it like something mundane but I feel that I am still doing something wrong?

>> No.17750782

>>17750682
No offense, but unless you live somewhere nice and free, that isn’t much money at all

Make it 10x bigger before you allow yourself to be numb