Hi Steevie,
Bank advice I can give you. Online bill payment through the web site of the companys will spend your money the right way. You can set that up through your bank too.
As a complusive Gambler money is temptation. If you are not comfortable talking to hubby maybe a relative or friend could work as a comfident and help u mannage. No $$ = No Gamble.
Please keep posting. Join the chats and seek help on the helpline when they are open. We all understand. Post questions, vent, do what ever it takes to delay and or prevent that next bet.
First steps are hard but nessessary. We’re here for you!
peace
bettie

Hi Steevie,
A Warm Welcome to Gambling Therapy
Having found us you have also found a diverse community who can help and support you on your recovery journey.
Here on the forum you can share your experiences in a safe, supportive and non-judgemental environment and by reading others stories am sure you will see that you are very much not alone in this addiction
Please click here to see our services page, feel free to use all that this site can offer…
To chat with others in real time you may wish to make use of the support groups, the ***** of these groups are advertised under "What’s on and When" or click here to see the weekly group schedule.
For one to one chat you may want to try the live advice helpline. Click "connect" when these options become available.
Also to say when you registered we would have sent you an email with an attachment, this attachment will help you navigate the site and find the support you so rightly deserve, alternatively this guide can be downloaded by clicking here.  
Take Care
Mike

Hi Steevie and welcome to the forum.   How about goping to the casino?  Leave your cash and cards at home and ask for them to exclude you.
That would be a good start but its important to realize that there ios no "cure" for this addiciton.  You need ongoing support.  It would help if you could be honest with your husband so that you don’t have to hide and *** to use that support.  Being honest would alos mean that nexct payday things can already be put in place to limit your access to funds.  GA meetigns would help as well and again not being honest would make it harder to get to them.  Keep posting and let us know what positive steps you are taking.

Hi Steevic, and welcome!
I have only been here a short time, but have gained so much knowledge from those who have been exactly where I have been.  Take all their advice, because it is worth so much.  We all know that pain the you are going through, and it takes time to feel better.  It has only been 2 weeks since I have been on this sight, and I feel so much stronger to fight this gambling addiction, with the help of all my new friends on Gambling therapy.
Stay strong, and we can all stop this madness together

Originally posted by steevie

Gosh where do I begin … I need to give it up all together …
      and,
… BUT what if tommorow comes and like in the past I get the urge and do none of what I planned and go and play the slots …

Good morning Steevie, my name is Larry (screen name paul315) and I am a Compulsive Gambler, my last bet was Aug 13, 2009.  Welcome to GT, it is a place you can find help; you will also find the friendship of others that have experienced all the things that you have and have felt all the same hurt and guilt –  you are not alone in your trouble. 
 
Where do you begin, you began six or so months ago by coming truthful to your husband and starting a recovery program through therapy. You can now continue that process and be restored to a normal way of thinking and living; the best way would be following the same process, once again being open to your husband and staying true to your recovery, and stop being secretive. 
To copy a post from another member, "I will say that the secrets keep us sick.  As long as you continue to *** your way through life when it comes to gambling, you will remain in a cycle where you hate yourself so you gamble, you gamble and you hate yourself, and on and on it goes.  I’m never going to say that quitting is easy, but it wasn’t as hard as I thought.  I only had to white-knuckle it through the urges, and then I was okay.  Give in to them…and I was right back on the treadmill."
I have also found this information about telling a spouse from different others. Telling a spouse or significant other is a hard thing to do, mostly because you are also again admitting to yourself what you have done. But "admitting to ourselves and to another human" is one of the steps we must take to recover. In doing so, it might be best to do it now, as soon as possible – not convenient. Do it before they find out on their own – and they will, if not already known or highly suspected -, thus adding to any mistrust you may face. You are at a good stage having started with a recovery process by being here, showing them that you are sincere in facing your need to stop. If and when you do this, it is vital to be completely honest with them (and yourself).  Let them know of your total addiction and the reason for the lack of money. Do not hold anything back for later, telling a little at a time causes additional mistrust each time that you spill out a little more of the story, you will then have to face another barrage of questions and new mistrust. Each time you revise your story they will just think, "what next, what else are you  hiding". 
 
Keep up with your visits here and placing barriers to help during the urges; if the urges become stronger, place stronger barriers and remember that the urge will not hurt you, but, giving in to them will cause more trouble. Do not gamble for anything for one day at a time, and you will find that the urges get less intense.
God’s speed, use your Higher Power to guide nd strengthen you.
 Larry"Day Two Is Another Day Behind" – With the help of a Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, I will continue to be  gambling free.

Hi Steevie! Recovery is not easy, but we can make it easier by filling our time with other things and planning ahead, as you are doing. Make it easier by not handling money ( you are taking a BIG risk by handling cash to pay bills). As Bettie advised, pay online or get somebody else to carry out that task. HANDLING CASH IS A no no IN EARLY RECOVERY! As Colin advised , self exclude from your nearest casino. Then it will not be possible to play the slots. A CG ***** two things TIME and MONEY. Be strictly accountable for both. Tell a pal your problem and get her/him to glue herself to your side, to ring you every 5 minutes to holler if you move away and to hold your purse. Recovery won’t come to you, you must set up the goalposts and play according to the rules. That way it works. ODAAT!

Hi Steevie, well done on the steps you ahve taken.  I always say it’s better to come completely clean but obviously the decision is yours.  A question that ***** asking though – do you have any debts your husband doesn’t know about?  If so how are you going to pay them given that you are now more accountable?  Hidden debts etc can in themselvers send people back to gambling as they try adn keep them hidden.  Keep posting

Hi Steevie
Nice to meet you on here.. Congratulations on coming here and think the steps you have taken to safeguard yourself are wonderful.. Keep coming here and posting, try the group sessions and one one one line.. GA meetings maybe?  You are going great.  I too feel the urge at ***** after dropping my boy to school.. but learning more and more each day about this.  Look forward to reading more from you, you can do this Steevie
 P – Living and Learning

Hi Steevie
How are you going, lets know soon, keep posting
 P – Living and Learning