Originally Posted by
ReadyAtLast 
For me if i have a few days off drinking then drink again it's not a relapse just a few days off drinking.
For me relapse is a term when someone is committed to sobriety has a period of sobriety the picks up again. You have to be in recovery to relapse.
In my own opinion . I agree- I was in and out of AA a few years ago! I would pick up after a few days or a week and claimed to the group through tears "I relapsed". I did not relapsed I just kept continuing to chose to drink even when I did not want to or have to.