Chalm, I am sorry, please don't feel like I am highjacking your thread. Split said something I want to reply to...

Split, I don't see relapsing as starting all over. Yeah, you start counting days again, but nobody can take away the time you had sober and the things you learned while you were sober. If you would not have had that recovery time, you probably would not have made it back here so fast...so, your "old" sobriety was still helping you. Every sober day counts--even if they are not all in a row.