Taking a step back and doing a lot of self reflecting helps a lot, no one is capable of helping you than you. It's a good thing that you were able to keep yourself under control because even though it might seem easy it's on of the hardest things to do. A lot of gamblers lack discipline, they give into their urge to keep gambling wrecklessly. As a gambler that has experienced and learned a lot you won't make certain mistakes again
Once we have are able to mow what is bringing mus down by not making profits from gambling, that's when we can start working on ourselves, solving necessary problems that could be an obstacle. Tracking our gambling activities can be very helpful for those of us that knows how to do that to improve on the way we gambler.
There are gamblers that don't keep track of their gambling activities and most time when they win bets, they would be excited that they are making money from gambling which might be a contrary assertion. Until a gambler started tracking every bet they staked, it will be very hard to know if they are actually winning or losing.