addiction: relapse

Recurrence of psychoactive substance dependent behavior in an individual who has previously achieved and maintained abstinence for a significant period of time beyond withdrawal.*

Also: falling off the wagon; out on maneuvers; recidivism; relapse; slip

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• Down to the Bone DVD Vera Farmiga 2003 Prism Award winner

• Finding Nemo DVD widescreen Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres 2003

• Postcards from the Edge DVD Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, and Gene Hackman 2001

• Sherrybaby DVD Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke 2007 Prism Award Winner

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