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I say this every year, but I can’t believe another year is coming to an end. Every year holds so much, and yet time feels

The news that PSA’s parent company, Collectors, has acquired Beckett landed with a thud across the hobby this week. With the acquisition, Collectors now owns

The next generation of collectors is already here, and it’s our youth. They’re opening packs at kitchen tables, watching breaks on tablets, memorizing player stats,

Cognitive dissonance is the quiet tension that forms when what we believe about ourselves doesn’t match what we’re actually doing. In our collecting journeys, it

There’s a feeling most of us recognize instantly, even if we struggle to describe it. It settles deep in your stomach—heavy, hollow, unmistakable. You feel

Over the past year, I’ve sat in dozens of calls and meetings with councils, coalitions, recovery organizations, treatment centers, technology platforms, and national helplines—1-800-GAMBLER, Gamblers

There’s a hard truth many of us eventually face in recovery: not every wound we caused will be forgiven. Not every person we hurt will

Leading a movement like Collectors MD requires a level of consistency that doesn’t always come naturally. The work is steady, often invisible, sometimes exhausting, and

At Right Choice Recovery, the facility I work at part-time where I lead gambling-addiction groups several nights a week, ‘advanced insanity’ is a phrase we

Several headlines hit the hobby this past week, and together they highlight an important truth about modern collecting—one worth understanding, not fearing. First came the