This is a momentary lapse.
The Momentary Lapse tour was phenomenally successful.
In addition, studies have begun to examine the relationship between momentary influences and relapse in illicit drug users in treatment (Epstein and Preston 2010; Epstein et al. 2009).
Given the dynamic and momentary nature of relapse precipitants, the ability to intervene in the moment would add an important component to AUD treatment that could dramatically improve outcomes.
Research on momentary influences and relapse suggest that helping people monitor implicit and explicit processes in real time and using this information to deliver interventions at critical moments in the natural environment might improve AUD treatment outcomes (Ebner-Premier and Trull 2009; Shiffman et al. 2008).
These factors then interact with momentary influences to trigger relapse (McKay et al. 2006; Shiffman et al. 2009).
As mentioned previously, EMA research on smoking cessation has identified the heightened importance of proximal or momentary influences in the relapse process (Shiffman 2005).
The process of relapse always starts with an initial lapse that involves a momentary suspension of inhibition to act on impulses to smoke triggered by external or internal stimuli (West & Brown, 2013), such as availability of cigarettes (Minami, Tran, & McCarthy, 2014) and negative mood (Vangeli, Stapleton, & West, 2010b), which can progress to complete relapse (Shiffman et al., 2006).
In our view, positive ex-smokers are sustained in their walk out from smoking by positive feelings about their ability to resist, and, if at times they may have relapsed, they tend to evaluate their recidivism as an "incident," or also a "momentary distraction".
This gave declarer momentary hope.
