The period of time before
one relapses into an old addiction during which
one knows and fully intends on what one is about to do.
May be accompanied by feelings of premorse, second-thoughts, self-hatred, and excitement.
"Hey buddy, I thought you quit?" Asks Joe.
"I'm prelapsing," says Greg, holding an unlit
cigarette between his lips. "Don't make this any harder for me than it already is."
"You're prelapsing?"
"I haven't relapsed until the
cigarette is lit, my dear
friend. Presently, and for the next few seconds, I'm in a phase of addiction we refer to as the 'prelapse'.
"Semantics," says Joe.