Relatable rant about sober textingfrom @davi87dp

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Not to flex, but I don't need alcohol to send texts I regret. Okay. So, yeah, some people need three drinks to start making questionable decisions. Me, I I can ruin my own peace of mind at 02:14PM on a Tuesday with a fully charged phone and a glass of better. Completely sober, perfectly hydrated, making terrible decisions with excellent coordination. People talk about drunk texting like alcohol is a problem. Meanwhile, I'll be sitting on my couch minding my business when my brain suddenly says, you know who we should text? Absolutely not. We've discussed this. We had meetings. We established boundaries. But then another part of your brain goes, what if we just said, hey. Okay? And apparently, that's all the authorization I need. Next thing I know, I sent a message to somebody I spent six months convincing myself I was over. And the second, it says delivered, I regain all my common sense, like, immediately. Like like somebody flipped a switch. Like, why did I do that? Yeah. I was doing so well. I had hobbies. I had peace. I was becoming a better person. Now I'm staring at my phone like I just launched a missile, and I'm waiting to see where it lands. And the worst part is when they actually reply because now I have to participate in the consequences of my own actions. Hey. How you been? Oh, we're doing this. I... Fantastic. I didn't think this far ahead. I just wanted to send a message. I had absolutely no plan for what would happen afterward. And then I started asking my friends what I should say best, and and they immediately rank, well, why did you text them in the first place? Great question. I don't... I... I'd also love an answer because, apparently, my impulse control takes occasional unpaid leave. That's why. And it's not even limited to romantic situation. I'll send the paragraph explaining how I feel. I'll make a joke that's slightly too honest. I'll respond to somebody's story when I absolutely should have kept scrolling, all without a single drop of alcohol. Don't even drink. So when people say, never text your ex when you're rank, I completely agree. But personally, I think the warning should be expanded. Never text your ex when you're bored or lonely or nostalgic or feeling confident for absolutely no reason.