April 3, 2009: Over the past three weeks I have followed my "Less is More" philosophy, which consists of having one drink and stopping there to enjoy being inebriated.
After the previous "Cheap Drunk Episode", my decision has been to follow that philosophy closely, mainly due to the fact that I hate being blitzed out of my mind after a couple beers.
This is all the result of the December 6 Christmas party, where bits and pieces of what went on then were related to me by my girlfriend. Because of my sensitivity to large amounts of alcohol, and not wishing to experience an alcoholic blackout and the resulting disassociative state of mind again, it's my endeavour to get blitzed on one and only one drink!
Tonight, I have again achieved a satori-like experience after sobering up from one drink. This time it consisted of feeling rather happy and cheerful, and it's reassuring to me that I can maintain my sobriety within 2-3 hours after one and only one drink.
For the goal throughout this "Less is More" campaign was to achieve a brief period of drunkenness without any drama and with the civility and politeness of a near teetotaler, so as to show what can be achieved in the name of social drinking even following my "Less is More" philosophy.
Do I want another drink after I am under the influence of one drink?
Heck no!
Why would I ruin the inebriation with another drink which might put me over the limit and ruin the campaign by getting drunk for the sheer pleasure of it?
Since the sobering up period resulted in a positive benefit (cheerfulness and joy), I doubt that more drinks would do anything but delay the good cheer after sobering up.
Indeed, the one drink that I drink is a symbol of the "Less is More" philosophy in that I drank much less than I did on December 6, 2008 and had much more fun in the process of experiencing drunkenness including acting appropriately and behaving maturely.
It was easy to perform simple tasks such as minding the girlfriend's grandchildren, including reading Dr. Seuss to the eldest and other mundane child-minding tasks. Had I been more inebriated, this would not have been possible. For the ensuing sobriety I now am experiencing does not have any disassociative memory losses.
Given that research has shown that 1-3 drinks a week is healthy and safe, this level of drinking will be maintained because less problems have occurred from it.
So I plan to carry on my one-drink, "Less is More" campaign and live this philosophy to the fullest.
4 comments:
Last night, I had six glasses of beer. That's like 3 litres. But I am not regretting now.
Less is more!
In the future I think I will document my drinking.
As of 1540h April 15, 2009, I am blitzed on 187.5 mL of 8 percent beer. This is the equivalent of 15 G of ethanol. My weight is 118 lbs/6stn/53.64 kG. My BAC should be 0.06.
i feel uninhibited, but am holding meself at a tight reign. I need to talk to me chum in the UK.
Blargh!
Hehehehe, j-k!
I also had 1.5 L of beer between 1700 and 2359 h on April 15.
At 5 percent, this is 75 grams of ethanol. If beer was consumed over 5 hours actually, then that's 25 grams of ethanol per hour. This is the equivalent of a BAC of 0.10.
So in the past two weeks I've had 225 grams of ethanol for a total of 1575 calories (at 7 calories per gram of ethanol).
At 3500 calories per pound of fat, I could have gained 0.45 pounds of fat.
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