I know this is a very hot topic here on the forums.
There are folks I know that get annoyed by reading relapse posts and some folks that feel we go easy on those who relapse by telling them not to beat themselves up and get up and dust youself off.
I've read here and on another forum that everyone will relapse. I don't believe that, sorry. It's disappointing to see those people you've known since your day one falter. Maybe I find it frustrating because I invested something of myself in their attempt at sobriety? Who knows?
While I don't think relapses should be taken lightly, I will continue to try to help people get back up because I know if by some turn of fates, it it was me, I would hope people wouldn't leave me laying on the ground like trash.