throttlehog
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So my SO (significant other) and I are having a discussion about the meaning of "fall off the wagon". Ten weeks ago I quit drinking Coke - something I was heavily addicted to, averaging half a gallon p/day. Today I had a sip of a Coke that my SO had with him and he says that I fell off the wagon. I say one small sip does not count as falling off the wagon, that I would have to start drinking it again for me to actually fall off the wagon. He says that it doesn't matter how much or how little I ingest - that to fall off the wagon is to use something that one has vowed to never use again, even if its only just once.