Hey Tash,
Good work on seeking help again. Use this relapse as a huge lesson to never ever gamble “for fun” again. Don’t worry, almost every recovering gambler has fallen for this trap before. The most important thing is that you’ve learned from it and will avoid the situation in the future.
Sometimes we need a bit of extra help on top of our own self-control and emotional support/counselling. This is where self-exclusion kicks in. Any avenues of gambling you’ve used or have access to? Ban yourself now. If you don’t the chances of further relapses are very high. No matter how good your self-control there will get to a point at some stage (whether thats 1 week, 1 month or 1 year into your recovery) where one moment of weakness/lapse in judgment, usually caused by a strong trigger, will get you back in the loop. We all know that once you get back into that destructive cycle how much damage it can do and how hard it is to get back out. Put measures in place now to save yourself in the future.