Slip vs Relapse | Recovery Concepts

What is a slip? What is a relapse? What's the difference between a slip and a relapse? Holistic recovery coach, Mary Von Ohlen, explains this recovery concept – "slips" versus "relapses" –including why the language matters, and what's the most important if you have experienced a slip or a relapse as a recovering addict or alcoholic.

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[quchi]

Thank you, I had 2 lapses this year and felt so guilty after drinking.

I'm currently on my first day again and will try to avoid drinking alcohol for good. I just feel bad for breaking my previous records which were 187 days and 49 days.

[theguynextdoor]

If someone struggles with for example a porn addiction. A slip is when he/she has been doing well, then suddenly winds up in a quick session, but ends up picking themselves up and moving on. Relapse/binge is when they consistently return to their old habits on a daily basis. Basically when they go back to the same place they used to be. Slips are inevitable.

[flatlineoptimism]

I had a really bad slip with alcohol after 5 months of sobriety 2 nights ago. I drank myself into alcohol poisoning. I was throwing up till late in the afternoon the next day. It's a good thing I have time off work cause I'm still not totally outta the woods. I'm laying in bed now depressed. I hope that what I did wouldn't constitute as a relapse given the severity of it. I know I don't want to drink again. I can't handle that level of sickness and guilt anymore.

[armond]

A slip stands for Sobriety Lost It's Priority

[cradica]

I was trying not to look a p*** but I unintentionally stumbled across an image (I wasn't even searching for it) does that count as a slip?