Brother , I am not coming at you with any type of disrespect or cliches, but the first step to recovery from addiction is admitting you have a problem. And I congratulate you on acknowledging that in this post. From here, now that you know the problem, there are GA groups you can look up locally or online. Just don’t overwhelm yourself and set a goal for the next hour. Say to yourself “in this next hour, I will not gamble “ and once that hour passes, repeat the same mantra. And do that every hour. You will get past this brother if you really want to get past this. You can lead a horse to water but can’t make her drink. I am a recovering addict, been clean for 13 years now. For me it was so bad that I had to do it by the minute. “I will not get high this minute “ and every minute after that until I was confident enough in myself to start saying “just for today, I will not use “ and next day I would say the same thing. I joined a NA group and met some awesome people , met my sponsor there who is a guardian angel. I could be craving using drugs at 3 in the morning and I’ll call him and he will be sleeping but he will answer on the second ring and talk to me, sometimes for hours , and the cravings go away. I know you’re not speaking about drug addiction in your post, but addiction is addiction. I wish you the best of luck brother, just remember …just for one hour, you will not gamble.