Incredible insight kin. I’ve never really differentiated between a slip and a relapse before but you are spot on. Over a year ago I’d have full blown relapses. One loss snowballing into excuses/reasons to just keep escalating and losing more frequently and larger and larger amounts. Not only extremely damaging but these relapses are downright soul crushing and destroy our trust in ourselves.
More recently I’ve experienced slips. Isolated incidents where I’ve lost smaller amounts and did not continue chasing the day after. Also I managed to learn from these events and take positives from them (plus further self-excludions). I think sometimes we can get caught up with our mistakes but it’s important to look at the overall picture, our overall progress in the grand scheme of recovery. Perspective is pivotal to recovery.