Relapse

Sami had a drug relapse.

I try to be calmer these days. That outburst was a relapse into my old behavior.

Severe itching is one of the withdrawal symptoms. Many addicts who stay sober and committed through days of nausea, sleeplessness and fever will relapse within an hour of the itching begins.

Yanni had a relapse.

Many survivors report joint pain and vision problems, and experts also are worried about the risk of relapse.

Tom had a relapse.

He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion.

to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism

to relapse into slumber after being disturbed

Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.