Harold has been receiving treatment for alcoholism for over a year and treatment has been going very well. However, two months ago, after a particularly bad day at work, some friends invited him to go with them to a bar and Harold had five beers. The next day when he thought about what had happened, he started to feel badly, but then remembered some things he'd spoken about with his counsellor about the problems associated with excessively blaming himself and being negative. As a result, Harold was able to put this incident behind him and he was able to remain abstinent for the next three months. In this example, Harold's one-time slip would best be defined as an example of

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Harold's one-time slip is best defined as a lapse because it was a brief return to alcohol use after a period of abstinence, from which he was able to recover and continue his abstinence. A relapse would imply a more significant return to previous patterns of alcohol use.

Harold Has Been Receiving Treatment for Alcoholism for Over a Year