Can you have the texting feature of your phone turned off by the phone company? It generally can be done.

Or, go on a phone plan that will cost you if you go over a certain amount of texts? Hit your pocketbook. Unlimited access if part of the problem here. One of the problems with technology access these days.

We actually have chosen cheap cell phones with no internet and limited minutes per month rather than smartphones. We chose not to be constantly attached to our phones, and we wanted our sons to learn responsible use of phones and to NOT get addicted to them. (Oh, and our phone bill for 4 people is $30 total.) If we run through our minutes, we're just out of luck the rest of the month (Note: We have never run out of minutes as adults. Our sons learned pretty quickly how to budget their phone and texting time.)

I know. Sounds like sacrilege in today's world? It really is no great loss. I have access to internet from my computer at work and home. I don't need to connected 24/7.

Maybe you need to limit your internet and texting access somehow. May seem drastic, but you'll quickly learn to manage with more limited access and find it doesn't create problems. Then, maybe down the road when you've retrained your phone habits you can go back to more access. AND, added bonus: you might just figure out how to be a better friend without spamming people and pushing them away because of it.