About Me — Brett CB
Heartaches and Laugh Breaks
Hey folks, I’m Brett CB, and thanks so much for checking out my origin story!
What Was
I was born and raised an only child in the suburbia of Western Massachusetts in the mid-’80s. Childhood was a mixed bag — my family was comfortably middle-class, I got to travel all around the United States (albeit in very long car rides and Motel 6's), and mostly avoided serious health issues, accidents, or premature deaths among us, family, and friends.
On the other hand, my family was very low-key dysfunctional (with my parents’ loveless marriage being the center of it), I had little self-awareness, and most importantly, I did not love myself enough to feel comfortable being alone. It was a life of not too many lows, but not all that many highs, either.
But all of that changed once college came around.
I somehow got stuck in an engineering dorm freshman year(as a pre-journalism major) and had no luck making new friends. However, my roommate decided to host a $5 buy-in Texas Hold’Em poker game in our room one night and invited me to join. I had no idea what I was doing, but didn’t go broke by the end and had a lot of fun. After that night, I immersed myself in poker culture (which was the beginning of the poker boom after amateur player Chris…
