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Relapse often begins quietly, with the mind convincing itself the old danger has passed.
means To slide back into a sickness, habit, or problem you'd already fought your way out of.
from From Latin relabi, 'to slide back' — re- ('back') plus labi ('to slip or glide'), the same root that gives us 'lapse' and 'collapse.' It entered English through medical Latin, originally describing a patient sliding back into illness after seeming to recover, before it widened to cover any backslide: habits, vices, old loves, old selves.
- not an event
- the decision happens days before the act
- recovery math
- most paths include one, not zero
- the real trigger
- boredom and loneliness, not temptation
- shame paradox
- hiding it predicts repeat better than the slip itself