Originally Posted by Dee74

I'm not familiar with that aspect of SMART but I understand the positive idea behind counting like 99 days with 2 slips or whatever

It may help someone feel better about them selves and it may help them beat themselves up less and focus back on the task of staying sober.

but...I know my brain.

I was a creative accountant with my sober days.

99 days and 13 slips would not have bothered me very much. 100 days and 14 slips either.

If the figures started looking too bad I'd just change the way I calculated - ie only 4 binges this month!

I've come to see that, for me, and I think many others here, slips are bad things.

They're to be avoided.

They're the manifestation of a condition I'm trying to leave behind, for good.

'Good' slips, where nothing too bad happens, might just be the worst slips of all?

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