Hey look it’s one of these things – remember these? I barely do.

I can’t tell if this is serious strip or not, to be honest. I think it is, despite the last panel. Or because of it, even? The first two panels are accurate, and although the tea thing seems like a joke, it’s genuinely a warning sign, at least for me.

I drink tea pretty much constantly, I have done for years now, but when I was in my early 20s and, in hindsight, in the midst of a pretty full-on depressive episode, I was drinking sweet tea. It’s amazing I still have any teeth or kidney function left.

I eventually climbed out of the pit, and slowly but surely fazed sugar out of my hot drinks (I still have it in coffee now and then). But sweet tea has a lot of associations for me, and they’re not all good. It’s a pick-me-up, sure, and a comfort. But it’s a crutch, too.

I’m keeping an eye on it.