It is very hard to admit you have a problem, so good on you for doing that! A great first step!
Be sure to get help and support, and put barriers in place to prevent an easy relapse. Get some help managing your money, get your blocks in place, and talk with someone about it. Write a lot about your experience, whether here or in your personal journal. Get it all out, by speaking and by writing. Re-read your journal often, and reflect what is going on in your mind. Try to find a GA meeting if you can.
The minutes, hours and days may feel like they are moving along much too slowly as you start your recovery. That is natural. Just keep telling yourself that gambling addiction always gets worse, never better. Of all the things you can do with your time, gambling is the one thing that is guaranteed to make you feel worse. Leave it behind, and your life is guaranteed to get better!
It is hardest at first, the urges come on strongly, and when there is a bad taste in your mouth from losing, something in your brain will tell you that you can get it back if you just give it one more try. That is the addiction speaking lies to you. Don’t listen.
When you wake up each day, look in the mirror and say “I choose not to gamble today!” And you are right on by saying you are worth more than this! I’m pulling for you!