Well done on coming for help.. its the first step. It shows you want to improve your life. Distancing yourself from gambling can be difficult but not impossible. Change of career would be the wise choice, being constantly around gambling will be detrimental to you in the long run. Daily temptation that if yo uwant to stop you really dont need. It might sound crazy, change career, but really this addiction is serious. Its worth getting out now.
Have you thought of going to gamblers anonymous. These groups are all people with a gambling problem so everyone understands and can be great support.
Keep posting here, there is also counselling, groups here to join in chat, one on one line.
If you are serious about stopping, recovery has to kind of become the priority. Whatever you put above recovery is up to be lost. The disease of compulsive gambling is progressive, so where you are at now, if you continue, it gets worse… it doesnt matter if there is time gamble free, when you return to it you are just as entrenched in it then a little bit more..
Good on you for coming for help.. throw everything you can at this addiction, its a very sneaky thing. Keep posting, keep reading, reach out for all the help you can while you are wanting recovery.
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