Skye I get what you're saying. What I was also trying to do was to remove alcohol from the equation and through analogy point out how amazing it is how our minds work when it comes to alcohol.
Logically speaking if you say you're going to do something for 30 days in a row and you keep count if it's something that's non alcohol related we have reasoning. Did we do it for 30 days straight or not? It's a simple answer.
Throw alcohol, cunning, baffling, and powerful into that mix and all if a sudden all logic goes out the window.
We will find any way that we can to make an excuse for ourselves and in addition we will look to others who would do the same to assist us in feeling better about it. It's both sad and laughable at the same time.