for yrs it was a daily thing to S/I (many diff ways).... the past cple yrs its a cycling... I will S/I daily for a cple days, or weeks or months and then nothing for months to a yr... I never felt like a failure when I started again... didnt feel guilty.... b/c its for me, about me , and for me its a part of me.... pple are shocked when they find out that I am someone who self harms... my triggers are getting farther apart.. coping skills are getting stronger and not so much desire to S/I... I dont keep track of how long its been..just approximate... I dont want to be constantly thinking about it in that way... as fail or success... for me it is what it is...