I hope you are getting on ok now you are back from holiday. I think that just being very conscious (as you are) of potential ‘trigger’ moments is a good start – you think about the situation, rather than find yourself ‘drifting’ and doing something you did not want to do. So I hope you have been able – and will continue to be able – to focus on staying gamble-free. Also, maybe make some definite plans to do something that you enjoy rather than just thinking that all is boring and mundane ahead. It doesn’t have to be something expensive or major, but a change of mind about what being back can mean. What are the good things about being back? Even about work? What is it that you appreciate and are glad to have?
Whatever you do, I wish you well.
Monique