Hi gov and welcoem back.
Well done on your 8 months.
You can stop gambling I promise you.
What were you doing during those 8 months? I’ve not seen a post form you in a while so were you using any other sort of support? 5k is a lot of money to lose of course. It’s also a lot of money for a compulsive gambler to have unaccountable access to. Is there someone who could help you with the accountability so that you can’t access funds to gamble with?
There is a lot of support around these days, both to help us to stop and to help us to maintain recovery. Have you tried GA meetings?
It’s important to put the same effort into our recovery that we put into our gambling. keep posting and let us know what positive steps you are taking.