Well, I do think that alcoholics get suicidal when they fail. I believe they truely pray for sobriety. I think most feel so good learning real tools to quit, things they can apply to their lives. When they relapse, I think they feel so incredibly disappointed and discouraged. I am thankful your sister had a period of sobriety and even if she relapsed yesterday, let's at least consider that she faced this day as a new day. Starting all over again is OK. Instead of drinking and feeling so bad about it she just kept drinking, she didn't. She is presently sober. We will take the blessings a teaspoon at a time.