How To Avoid Serious Mistakes When Texting While Intoxicated
Texting while intoxicated is tempting and easily done. It is easy to go out and have a few drinks with friends, catch a buzz and get talkative. This leads to a few more drinks, maybe a shot here and there, and before you know it you are totally wasted and reaching for your cell phone. There is a lot that can go wrong here and not all that much that can go right. At best, you’ll have a silly chat with some friends about something random and probably pointless, usually along the lines of how wasted you are and what you are wasted from. Fascinating stuff! At worst, texting while intoxicated can lose you your relationship, best friends and career. Seriously, all of those things have really happened! By following simple advice, you can make sure texting while intoxicated isn’t something you later regret.
One of the main reasons that texting while intoxicated goes wrong is down to the state of mind of the person sending the texts. If they are feeling chill and friendly, then their messages are likely to reflect that, and nothing bad will happen. If someone is feeling a bit low, depressed or angry, not only will the alcohol magnify those feelings intensely, it will make reaching for the cell phone and sharing them with the world seem like the best idea ever! If you must get involved in texting while intoxicated, make sure you do it while friendly and buzzed, not angry and wasted!
Cases of mistaken identity are another hazard of texting while intoxicated. Have you ever send a text to the wrong person by mistake? Easily done right? Think how much easier it would be once you are drunk. Some of the most common mistakes of this kind made by texting while intoxicated include writing a message about someone and accidently sending it to them, getting two people with the same name mixed up, and texting inappropriate things to family or bosses without meaning to!
There are some simple steps to take to avoid texting the wrong thing to the wrong person when texting while intoxicated. Before you hit the send button, make sure to double and triple check that you have lined up the correct recipient! If you are texting Bill, the cool freshman dude you just met, make sure it is him you’ve selected to receive your message and not Pastor Bill that works at your parent’s church. It can be helpful to name people in your phonebook in a way which will be easy to identify if you are texting while intoxicated. Deleting ex-partners phone numbers is also a good step to take.
Just because bad things can happen if you start texting while intoxicated, it doesn’t mean the entire thing should be avoided altogether. Take sensible precautions, don’t send texts if you’re emotional or totally wasted, and everything should be fine. If you do screw up texting while intoxicated, try and learn from it and move on instead of letting it hold you back in the future.
