The only thing that I can think of is by just go out and looking for a other hobby that is going to help you for sure if you manage to find the right one for you.
If that does not help then you will have to get some help from a professional.
I guess that is the primary concern that OP is facing right now. It is very easy to say that you have to go out and find another hobby but the problem there is how he is going do to it because in reality it really isn't that easy.
His facing some problem with gambling as the OP said but if he wants really to quit gambling for good then he shouldn't in gambling anymore find some hobby that he can do or repair their house plant some vegetable at your back of the house then chilx.
But the thing there is how possible it is. Especially if OP is being hook up by gambling too much as advice i think if the problem is really fatal OP should take first a good advice from the professionals
In that matter when the addiction is really serious, it is better to be bankrupt so he can realize that what he is doing is not right.
You have your own opinion but i think that if you can still get away from it before getting drawn too much then i would rather go for that one. I think that only applies to those gamblers who never really learned their lessons
well then it applies for all the gamblers in my opinion because all gamblers never learn from their lessons
They will learn their lesson if they are experience of lots of loses in gambling and they will realize that they are wasting their time in gambling just like addicted in drugs that can affect also his life..
Experience one of the way to know them that there is no future in gambling if you are addicted..
Gambling only made to give entertainment if you abuse your self you will lose a lot of funds.
So to prevent and stay away in gambling better to go far places and look for new hobbies i am sure that you can find a good hobby that can forgot all your gambling activity..