First off, this isn't drug related. Every so often, someone feels like taking a break from the fight and their skills dwindle a little. Short breaks are fine, it gives time for skills to cement and for muscles, reflexes, nerves, eyes, and mind to rest and sharpen. But like with working out, if you stop for too long, atrophy sets in.

Obvious stuff, I know. I tend to call this "gettin' back in the groove" phase "rehab" or rehabilitation, since you might as well have been crippled for how rusty you've gotten (no offense to actual injuries, but they apply), especially if... Read More