Bet to much. Lost to often

Hello,

I would first like to say that I am addicted to gambling. I prefer slot machines, live poker and online poker. I began gambling about 7 years ago with a friend of mine in the Marine Corps. We started off by visiting local casinos out in southern california. I quickly learned that it was all to easy to make money by gambling and while on my winning streak decided it was the lifestyle for me. Years later and thousands of dollars lost, I am finally going to give it up. I just logged off my pokerstars account for the last time. I need to stay away from the two casinos I have in my town now. Any suggestions? I am extremely desperate. I am in the military stationed out in OK. I would like to join a group to help if I need to.
I am recently divorced. The main cause for the divorce was my addiction to gambling. It caused so much stress financially on my wife that she finally snapped one day and took both of our daughters to Utah to live with her mom. That was Feb. of 08. I just recently had a chance to see them for the first time about a month ago. Not because I couldn't but because I chose to spend money on gambling instead of saving enough to travel out to see them. I finally managed to set aside enough money to go out to Utah to see them. I planned on spending the week with them in Salt Lake, camping and fishing and going to the Amusement park. Two days before I planned on leaving I stopped at the casino and managed to lose 500 of the 800 that I saved to go to Utah. I was in tears on my way home. I swore I would never go to a casino again. I made it out to utah, but with barely enough money to feed my daughters and myself. I camped at a free campground, and took them fishing. We cooked hot dogs and marshmellows, played hide and seek, and had a great time. My daughter asked me if we were still going to go to the amusement park that I promised her, I had to tell her that it cost to much. I was totally heart broken. To this day I will never forget that feeling. I cant write anymore. Please help.