Same-night re-entry.
No spiral. No restart.
COYL catches you tonight, not next Monday. The slip is data, not damage. Same-night stabilizing actions, 1-day grace on the streak, no Monday reset, no shame loop. You resume the loop you were already running.
No Monday reset
Today is still redeemable. Tomorrow is not a clean slate — it's the next move.
1-day grace period on streaks
Miss one day? Streak holds. Resume, don't restart.
Same-night recovery protocol
Specific stabilizing actions within the next 2 hours and 24 hours. No vague advice.
Shame-resistant re-entry
After silence, COYL doesn't guilt you back. It meets you where you are.
Pattern note on every slip
What does this slip tell us about the script? Data, not judgment.
No starvation compensation
For weight loss users, we specifically block the "skip the next meal" script that makes bingeing worse.
The retention metric that matters
Most apps optimize for DAU. We optimize for one number.
% of users who recover within 24 hours of a slip.
That's the measurement that aligns product value with user value.