The Key Habit

Glossary

Slip versus relapse

Also called lapse

Basis
A practice
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A slip is a single event at a single time. A relapse is a decision, usually made in the shame after a slip, to stop trying. The decision does more damage than the event. Lesson thirteen is about keeping the two apart, the same day.


Terms used

Chaser effect

The reported surge in urges in the day or two after a slip. A community term, not a clinical one.

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