Reflection On Texting Addiction

On Monday, October 5th we discussed how we would going about not using your phone to text for 24 hours, so I decided that I would not text from Monday at 11 o’clock until the same time on Tuesday. My immediate thought process was that this assignment was going to be rather challenging because sometimes you just need to text people to remain in contact and coordinate your daily routine. But as I began to think more about it, I realized how easy this task was going to be. All I had to do was not send a text for 24 hours, I could still read and receive text messages and I still had various social media platforms to keep myself entertained. This assignment was going to be a breeze; or so I thought. As it turned out, I was not able to complete the assignment, nor was I even close to completing it. I honestly thought I was going to be able to do it without a problem, but I failed the task within 2 hours of starting …show more content…
The difference between me and a person with a substance abuse problem is that my texting addiction has never been painted in a negative light and nobody has ever told me I had to stop because I was causing serious problems for me and my family. It was easy for me to text people during this assignment because the only thing I was negatively affecting was the assignment itself. When I sent those text messages, I did not have to think about how it was impacting my family or other people in my life. Someone who has identified that they have a substance abuse problem has to deal with how their decisions affect all of the people around them. However, a person who has never been to rehab or been confronted by a family member may be just as willing to continue to abuse drugs as I was willing to send a text. We both think about how the action of texting/using drugs benefits ourselves, so we do not hesitate to do