For a compulsive gambler – 6 months is quite a milestone and you must be pleased that you have made it.
You wrote: “My brain is wondering why, after so many months, I have not had a dose of the slot chemicals … my brain thinks it being deprived and I often feel sick from a kind of withdrawal.”
I think you need a chat with your brain – or at least write it a stiffly worded letter saying that you are more than just a brain, you are a wonderful being with a personality, body, spirit and creativity that you are not going to put at risk just for a few moments of adrenaline fix. Seriously, I hope you have reached the point where you can see that you don’t need the self-harm that gambling causes – you are worth more than that.
So at your 6 month anniversary, treat all parts of yourself – look into what you want to do with your new, non-gambling life, what are the first steps that you can take and tell your brain that you want it to get you to new places – not take you back to the old. I wish you well.