A check
It is half past one in the morning and the hour has started. On this lesson, which of these is the one thing worth doing?
Work out how long it has been since the last timeRead about what this does to the brain, so that the fear stops it happening againPut the sentence back into the form I did rather than I am, and let the evening carry onDecide that this is definitely the last time, and mean it properly
Yes
The first is counting, and counting is the thing that turns one night into a fortnight. The second increases the fear, and fear is one of the drivers, not one of the brakes. The fourth is the all or nothing rule that lesson two took apart, and it is the sentence that makes the next lapse into a collapse. The third keeps the feeling attached to an act rather than to you, which is the only version of it that has anywhere to go.