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• cognition created: ‘2026-05-04 14:40’ last_modified: ‘2026-05-04 14:40:00’ status: evergreen confidence: stable

Relapses are part of the habit formation process

Failing to execute a habit once does not erase the neural pathways that have been built; the critical metric is how quickly you return to the baseline. Recognizing this reality helps counter how Confirmation bias limits objective analysis.¹

Footnotes

1. Marlatt, G. A. (1984). Relapse prevention. ↩