How to Deal With Slips and Relapses

The second commandment is, Thou shalt view slips as data. Your slips are not an excuse for you to get emotional. Counting days does nothing for you. Beyond the strong emotions, there is a lack of self-care. There's a strong emotion that you may not have, the appropriate coping strategy for. But if you never stop, to examine the emotion and you always indulge in the emotion, you cannot move forward.