Gambling is for fun but it does not help us forget our problems. I had a similar experience years back, I always had fun in gambling and that year my girl broke up with me, the only thing I could think of that time to quickly ease me of the pain was to gamble which I recorded the greatest loss that day since the history of my gambling.
I think, we make more loses when we go into gambling with the mindset of relieving ourselves of stress, because we are not always in the right state of mind to play and then we end up making so much loses. Gambling does not help relieve stress, it only distracts us a little bit, but once the game ends, we are back to the same pains.
Thanks for sharing your story and sorry about the heartbreak from your EX, I believe you must have gotten over it by now. I always tell my fellow gamblers never gamble with the intention of relieving stress ,or gambling to forget some hurtful events, it will always make a gamer loose awfully. There are other games or places to visit to quickly recover from hurt or any form of heartbreak and gambling should not be an option for this.The best time to gamble is when one is in a good mood, that is when the fun is attained at peak and loses minimized.