The Pitiful Life of a Hockey Pool Junkie

My name is Brian, and I am a hockey pool addict.  (wait for polite introductory applause from the other addicts in the therapy session)  It started years ago when I entered the Surrey Leader newspaper’s hockey pool which began every year prior to the NHL season.  At first I sucked.  I finished 500th or something.  Then one year I finished in the top 20.  Then I started entering pools at work as well as the newspaper.  I won the work ones most of the time and started playing the CBC pool which had 50,000+ entries and gave away a car as a prize.  One year I finished 6th, and my son finished first in the country for one month for which he won a signed jersey. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. viagra in italy 35(3):760-8, 2011 5. Sexual problems can occur both in sale levitra men and women. Apparently not-at-fault drivers are charge on average an extra 155 on their premiums due to the close relationships they have with the repair firms, allowing those firms to charge well over best prices on sildenafil the odds for repairs. Below is a list of five proven herbs that help levitra generika stop Premature Ejaculation.  Now I am in several pools: a $100 a year keeper pool, a big local pool sponsored by TSN, and a small one my jersey-winning son runs with friends and family.  At this moment, I am in 3rd in the TSN pool, and it is taking all my time.  I check the scores, scorers, goalies of every game, and not just after they end, but often repeatedly during the game.  If I’m out and about I listen to the news station at every :15 and :45 when they do their sports reports.  I even put out a couple hundred bucks for the NHL Centre Ice package so I can watch every game being played anywhere.  I am hiding my addiction from my family.  If I worked night shifts, I would have to call in sick and probably lose my job.  Thank God all the teams I like are terrible this year, so I can get my life back on track when the season ends without having to spend my whole spring inside watching TV.tv

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