In hindsight, the solution was obvious. But then solutions always are when viewed backwards, from the end of the equation. It would be like saying I really oughtn't to have had that extra slice of cake, in hindsight I know that. But at the time, in the moment, faced with that cake all covered in icing and topped with cherries and accompanied with cream, the thick and runny kind, not having it wasn't an option. And then there was peer pressure and all of that complex mess to wade through. It had been the same at school, when she had experimented with drugs - she didn't want to, she had no yearning to play Russian Roulette with her head in such a casual and irresponsible way, but she still did it. I hindsight, as a result of all the therapy and the subsequent consequences of the LSD tab that sent her scuttling over the edge, she wouldn't have succumbed. But she couldn't know that at the time.
So, in hindsight, the solution was obvious. But she was stuck in the present moment and hindsight was still several hours away. She couldn't get there yet so she couldn't get hold of the answer. She sat down and sighed, preparing herself for yet another mistake.
In hindsight, the solution was obvious.