I think you have to do other fun things besides gambling. you can spend time with friends or family because I believe it would be more fun than gambling. you can also use other ways to earn money other than gambling, for example such as trading and mining bitcoin
Yes that is the most effective way that you are going to do so that you are going to totally forget about gambling. Because having another hobby that you are going to focus will going to make you stay away from gambling. And I can see that this method is going to be effective way that you are going stay away with it.
Yes, family and friends are one of the helpful people we can have, and if they are really caring about us they will surely help us overcome our addiction in gambling.