Hi JVR,
actually, you are more patient than me when I get a call from a forex broker or an online trading company I start shouting at them. a lot of people have lost their life savings because of such companies, they can put limits on trading leverage and that alone will reduce its addictive nature, but no!! some of them offer insane leverage reach to 1:888.
congrats on your recovery as you mentioned you reached almost 6 months free of gambling. try to protect your money, consider the worst-case scenario if you relapsed you will back to zero so keep part of your saving as a safety net protected away from your access.
wish you all the best.