You're Drunk, Give Me Your Phone.

Admit it, you do it. In fact 60% of you do it with your mouth, 68% with your hands. It happens after 2a.m. and too many cocktails. You do it to your friends, your co-workers, and, the most unfortunate of times, your exes.

Drunk dialing and drunk texting is a serious problem that the majority of us can admit to.

 

 We drunkenly stare at our cell phones, trying to scroll to the right name and smash the right keys, in order to send that wrong message that is unlikely to be said in more sober times.

Fortunately technology has come to our rescue, creating apps for our cell phones and e-mail accounts to prevent our alcohol inspired rants and confessions.

For those prone to drunk e-mailing, Gmail is there to help you out. There is the Undo Send that allows you to stop an outgoing email; ideal for sober accidents as well. And the Mail Googles requires you to do math problems on weekend nights before sending out a message.

For your phone, LG has created a cell phone with a built in breathalyzer where if your blood-alcohol level is over .08 you will be unable to call certain numbers on certain nights after certain times. Just program your LP4100 before a night out and you will be safe against contacting those go-to numbers.

The iPhone has recognized the problem of drunk dialing, and yes, there is an app for that.
 
The Designated Dialer app will let you block problem numbers before going out, and if you try to call them, you will get a friendly message reminding you that you shouldn’t be calling them. To unlock this app you have to perform a coordination test to prove your sobriety.

The Bad Decision Blocker does the same thing, but it will only unlock after the allotted time has passed. And don’t bother trying to delete the app in your drunken rage, it won’t let you.

The Don’t Dial app gives your friends drunk dialing power. It requires a friend to enter a pre-determined password into the phone in order to unlock it. Which works great until your friend totally agrees that you should call your boss and tell them exactly what you think of them.

If all of those apps fail, there is always the iDrunk Dialer app, that lets you contact a pre-approved list of people who it is okay to drunk dial.

So if you haven’t had too much green beer by now, check out these apps and save yourself from embarrassment and appearing on this list, or worse, this one.

Now if only they could come up with an app to prevent drunk Tweeting...

And for those currently drunk on Irish pride, this is for you: