What do you all think about it?
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There are relapses and there are excuses, they are not the same. A relapse can happen anytime without warning; something triggers a thought which snowballs into many more thoughts leading back to the obsession. That's when a person really needs to cling to their recovery support and HP if they have one. An excuse is using because of some circumstances in life. I lost my job, my girlfriend/boyfriend dumped me, someone died, the world pissed me off, etc… I've seen people in recovery go through horrible unthinkable circumstances and never use over it, because they work a solid program. Either way, there are many dead people who, if they could speak to us, would admit that in hind sight maybe they shouldn't have used/drank again.