Every addict thinks about relapse. That’s an inevitable part of the recovery process. When I counsel people who have addictive disorders, I recommend they keep a three-word question handy whenever they ponder the possibility of relapsing. One inevitable result is that an abstinent addict is occasionally going to fantasize about reclaiming his or her familiar altered mood. Usually the fantasy is one that stops at the moment of the “high”. The cigarette addict thinks about the immediate satisfying relief of that first puff. The crack addict remembers the rush when the hit reaches the brain a few seconds after inhalation. The sex addict’s fantasy terminates at the point of orgasm.