Well it's been a bit over a month (feels longer) so a status update is in order.
I initially went well, not drinking or gambling for 3 weeks. Then I stopped doing the sinclair method, got stressed, went to the pub- I'm self-excluded from all the pubs around here, but even though I sign in with my ID at two different stages they still don't pick it up if I go in, self-exclusion is unfortunately, a joke.
So I lost $8000 yesterday at the pub, $5-$10 bets. I can't imagine losing $800 doing $1 bets, but anyway, it's the way it goes when you bet big, you lose big, and fast.
So yes, not a great deal of success, I'm drinking again- not as much, but I'm sure it'll ramp up unless I get back on the naltrexone/sinclair method.
I still have about $500k in savings which I haven't touched so I'm not destitute, but it's more the being so damn tired from spending the whole day working and taking care of kids, and then if you add in drinking until 3am, it doesn't end well.
Status update concluded.