Over the last few years I’ve been writing a book. A book about the year I worked at a dogtrack in Eutaw Alabama during college. The patrons and employees were all black and on most nights, I was one of the few white people in the building. The stories, the experience was something I’ll never forgot and I loved every minute of it. To the point while working there I knew I was going to write a book about it. Here is the first page (a set up about why I went to apply for a job there)
The sheets were always there on Fridays. To say they were consistent would be an understatement. There was a better chance of church being canceled on Sunday than of those sheets not being in the phone nook when I got home from class. Honestly, I don’t think I ever saw who brought the sheets into the fraternity house. It could have been a brother, maybe a guest—I never really knew because all the cash was handled outside the house, and I never witnessed the actual drop-off.
The sheets were bet sheets. Ninety-five percent football games, with a few other sports sprinkled in during football season. What surprised me the most were the high school football games. Apparently, it was a southern thing. I don’t know why putting my money on guys who lived a block away felt okay, but betting on kids a few years younger playing down the street didn’t sit right. I guess we all have lines we draw when it comes to what’s acceptable. For me, evidently, it was that you had to have a high school diploma before I’d bet my hard-earned money on you.
I had always been a casual bettor, but like most gamblers, the bets slowly got bigger. I had also thrown a big wrench into my cash flow management. I didn’t have any. I was a fifth-year senior with no job, parents who had agreed to pay for four years, and a savings account missing the savings part. I’d done some odd jobs just to be able to eat, but I had definitely changed how much I was eating and, more importantly, how much I was drinking. I never thought alcoholism could be kept at bay by a simple lack of money for alcohol. I always assumed alcoholics would buy beer first. Turns out, if you’re broke and hungry enough, food comes first. That’s where I was. To this day, I’m thankful for Papa John’s, Taco Bell, and Subway for their incredibly cheap food. Subway had a buy-one-get-one-free deal on Sundays, Taco Bell had the .69, .79, .89 menu, and Papa John’s offered $5 pizzas. You’d think I would have gotten tired of tacos, subs, and pizza, but my rotation was solid and diverse—as diverse as three fast food places could be. The only thing that could make it better, or worse, were the sheets.
The sheets were opportunity—an opportunity to make money. I could take my vast knowledge of college and pro football and turn it into cold, hard cash. The bookie had an advantage over the average man, but not over me. I had played enough fantasy football and watched enough games that it could have been my job. That was my mindset for the first two games of every season—until reality set in. Like clockwork, I’d win the first week, spend it on beer and going out, then lose it all the second week, ending up back at square one. Actually, worse than square one, because I’d already spent the winnings on things I’d long since peed out.
Week three that year was the week everything would change. I had to make some money. I was up against the wall. If I lost that week, I only had one last place to get money—my bank account with my rent and utility money set aside. I didn’t do much right that year, but keeping the rent and utility money in a separate account was one smart move. I didn’t even attach an ATM card to it, which made it harder to access. I had to set up physical barriers to prevent myself from making bad decisions. A pretty girl and five beers are enough to bust your rent budget. Without rent money, I’d be out on the streets, or at least crashing on some fraternity brother’s couch. As annoying as my current roommate was, I still had my own room, my own bathroom, and a bit of space. After four years of living in a fraternity room and 18 years with younger siblings, it was the first time I’d had any real freedom, and I didn’t want to give it up. But gambling doesn’t care about your freedom. She’ll take it and leave you sleeping on a couch. Those sheets? They’re going to show up in the phone nook whether you participate or not.
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Your book sounds good so far. Made me want to know what happens next.