Relapse doesn’t have to happen but it does. When someone we care about goes back out we all feel the pain. We ask ourselves, why? We tend to blame ourselves, with thought of, did I do all I could to help when in reality someone else sobriety is not our responsibility unless they ask for help. I can’t explain why some people can’t get it. An old timer told me once that when some one goes back out it helps him refocus on his program. This may be true but it still doesn’t make us feel any better.
