Gambling Addiction & Recovery Support Group
Compulsive gambling is an urge or addiction to gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. A preferred term among many professionals is problem gambling, as few people described by the term experience true compulsions in the clinical sense of the word. Problem gambling often is defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others rather...

It may take a while for your brain to clear out, it did for me -- but it DOES CLEAR OUT!!!
I feel SO different after a few months gamble free.
Stay on course. Stay close to GA. Give it a few meetings if you thought it was weird. Try all meetings within driving distance, they all have different "flavor".
ALL THE BEST to you :))))