I was a lot addicted but at the same time I loved designing things, so I developed my skills more and easily got rid of gambling ( though I used to gamble small )
You are doing the right thing, you focus yourself in you other hubbies.If you can keep up doing it, you will be successful in staying away from gambling. This is for those people who are weak in gambling which can easily be dictated by their emotions while doing gambling. Good gamblers are those who only treat it as for fun.