Originally Posted by CuriousCatfish

I guess, but couldn't that honesty be "I'm 10+ months sober with a one day relapse that I'm going to put behind me" rather than "I failed and am ten hours sober"? For me, the more recently I've had a drink, the more likely I am to despise myself and drown my sorrows yet again.

Of course, I don't think that could apply to a full-on month-long binge, definitely not, but where it's a one-time slip isn't being very compassionate with yourself a good thing, at least for the first few days after the incident?

That may be just fragile, low self-esteem little me. :-)