Second, defining what is a "relapse." Is being utterly clean and sober for 10 years and then impulsively drinking a half a glass of champagne at your son's wedding and then getting back on the sobriety wagon immediately and sinning no more, is that a "relapse" in the same way that someone who has stayed sober for two days and then goes back to drinking daily for the next 10 years has "relapsed"?
I have 6 years. I truly believe that if I have a half glass of champagne, it wouldn't end there...
I *know* that. Viscerally.
There's an element to this whole thing that can't be expressed in stark facts and figures IMO - figures can't show the whole picture, no matter how much folks want them to.
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