Origins
A compound of grip (control, willpower, restraint) and fall (sudden loss or collapse). The name reflects how control does not gradually fade in this moment – it drops out completely.
Meaning
Gripfall is the moment we realize that the strategies we used to prove we were not addicted no longer work. The substance keeps winning even when we sincerely want it to stop, exposing the limits of the willpower we once trusted. It is not dramatic at first – just devastatingly clear. Gripfall is when control does not slip; it fails outright.
Usage
Gripfall came quietly for us – not in chaos, but in the simple realization that wanting to stop was not stopping anything.