Hi Wayne, what financial barriers can you put in place?
Alcohol can weaken anyones defences, maybe think about avoiding it for a while.
Also of course if you drank enough to get drunk and then still had enough money on you to gamble then that tells you that you had way too much money on you.
You know how much you drink, if you are going out then just have enough money on you for those drinks.
Having extra cash or credit cards on us “just in case” is always going to give us the opportunity to gamble.
When you left the house you might not have been intending to gamble but what you did do was give yourself that opportunity.
Keep posting and let us know what financial barriers you can put in place.