Hi 0bryc30, well done on looking for help.
Read the other stories here, you will see a lot of things that you will relate to. You will also see the success stories – what are they doing that you can apply to your own situation?
Well done on not visiting the casino in the last month, you will read how important barriers are so I would advise getting yourself excluded from your usual/local casinos.
If you are able to ask your Aunt for help then you can also ask her for support in tackling this problem. She can help you with accountability and financial barriers so that you can’t access funds with which to gamble.
She isn’t your “only hope” though, there are a lot of financial options these days – from repayment plans through to bankruptcy. There are also a lot of advice agencies around, many of them free, to help get things to a manageable position.
Use the support that you have, keep posting here, check out your local Gamblers Anonymous meetings.
keep posting and let us know the positive steps that you are taking.