Hi Williame,
You have a valid point. When I started recovery I assumed, incorrectly, that my life would just get better overnight. How wrong I was!
The good news is when we confront the past, "peal the onion" as it were, thats when real recovery begins. As we learn new coping tools we will find that gambling is not the fix we once thought it was, and we "grow up".
Most people find that the heavy urges seem to stop at the 6 month mark. Look how far you have come!
bettie
