relapsing
Returning to illness
Relapsing means falling back into a former state, especially an undesirable one.
Someone recovering from addiction who starts using again is relapsing.
A disease that returns after apparent recovery is a relapsing illness.
She was doing well for months before relapsing.
The word implies a return to something one had escaped or overcome.
Reverting to former sins
- setbackReverse in progress
- slipMinor error or misstep
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
- reversionReturn to former state
reverting · retreat · recidivism · return · lapsing · slide · deterioration · pattern
Temporary disease absence
- flare-upSudden recurrence of symptoms
- chronicPersisting over time
- exacerbationMaking something more severe
- symptomsIndicators of disease
autoimmune · treatment · episodes · prognosis · medication · monitoring · hospitalization · inflammation
Powerful urge to have
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- substancePhysical material with mass
dependency · binge · habit · detoxification · rehabilitation · therapy · counseling · sponsor
backsliding
Reverting to former sins
reversion · reverting · retreat · recidivism · return · lapsing · slide · deterioration · pattern · behavior
remission
Temporary disease absence
- flare-upSudden recurrence of symptoms
- chronicPersisting over time
- exacerbationMaking something more severe
symptoms · autoimmune · treatment · episodes · prognosis · medication · monitoring · hospitalization · inflammation · immunosuppressants
craving
Powerful urge to have
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
substance · dependency · binge · habit · detoxification · rehabilitation · therapy · counseling · sponsor · intervention
- smokingsmoking, cigarette, cigar, pipe, lighter
- medical descriptorsacute, chronic, mild, moderate, severe
- drinkingbooze, liquor, guzzling, gulping, chugging
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
relapsingrecovering
Regaining health or strength
improving · healing · getting better · convalescing · recuperating
relapsingstaying sober
collapse, lapse, relapse, elapse, relapses, relapsed, prolapse, relapser, relapsers