Everyone has done it. You drink a little too much, and the things going on in your life start calling for action. The things you are normally afraid to say to that friend that you’re mad at, the person you have a crush on, your significant other you are fighting with or the ex you want back suddenly need to be said. In the digital age we are living in, it is easy to communicate with anyone – for better or for worse. So you hop onto your computer or pull out your phone and begin to make things worse.

Google’s new feature, Mail Goggles, is trying to prevent e-mail users from firing out these regret-inducing drunk e-mails by having them solve five math problems in 60 seconds before allowing an e-mail to be sent during the user-preset times.

I like Google’s new drunk e-mail protection idea so much, I think more things should protect us from ourselves when we’ve been drinking.

Cell phone manufacturers have tried to help protect us from drunk dialing and texting.

Virgin Mobile released a phone in Australia that allows users to block outgoing calls to numbers you don’t want to drunk dial until 6 a.m. LG has a phone with built in Breathalyzers to prevent you from dialing certain numbers while drunk.

I think this should go a bit further, though. Think ATMs.

I would have much more money if I couldn’t access it at those ATMs placed in bars while I’ve been drinking.

Here’s another scenario protection is needed: say you get a craving for tator tots after a long night of drinking and stumble to the stove to put together your late-night fried feast. In this situation, one would certainly benefit from a stove Breathalyzer.