Hi richv welcome and I commend you on taking the first steps towards your recovery. Your absolutely right that it doesn’t happen overnight. Alot of my gambling spiraled out of control because of grief to so I understand where your coming from. The first place I had to start was getting myself banned from all online sites. Then i got a gambling counselor. He specializes is gambling and trauma therapy. The trauma therapy is whats really helped me to get a grip on my addiction.I then proceeded with recovery based programs. I’ve been in other support groups for along time so I started doing stepwork and reaching out to other recovering addicts for support. Some people find that rehab works better to because your forced to remove yourself from all temptation and life stressors. But basically without support white knuckling it doesn’t work. I wish you all the best and sending you lots of strength
