Glennon Doyle
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And I was like, as soon as I'm finished.
I don't freaking know.
But the point is, I sent the text.
And then the phone call came.
And then I had to spend nine days.
Every night I went to bed reliving what I said.
And in the disgrace.
And then I had to do an apology tour.
And I had to do the whole thing.
And it was a complete mess.
When I have a feeling and then I think there's a way to fix that feeling and it involves someone else, it has never ended well.
Because I think what I'm doing is I'm using a person to regulate myself.
Like, I think being a grown up is learning to regulate yourself without using other people like cat scratching things to regulate your own self.
And every time I use another human being, I use food, use booze, use drugs.
I've tried everything.
I've been to the mountain.