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SimplyMichael -> RE: Altered states. (8/12/2007 2:35:44 PM)
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Latex,
Once again, you can't even grasp the concepts contained in your own citations. Nobody here is doubting alcohol has an effect, so does sugar, oxygen, and oh, sex and love, all things we play with. Nobody is advocating getting drunk, we are simply pointing out that your hysterical rantings against even one drink are silly.
In addition, we SEEK to put the submissive into an altered consciousness where they are quite unable to do even simple tasks and as a dominant many of us seek a similarly altered consciousness or top space. While both of those states are natural, I would hate to see what would happen to a submissive forced to drive after a heavy flogging or needle scene!
So before we start screaming fire in a movie house, lets let a bit of reality sink in, shall we?
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"With respect to the simpler behavioral processes, there is evidence that neuromuscular responses may be impaired in some individuals at BACs as low as .04% to .05% w/v [weight per volume] and that many more individuals suffer such impairment at BACs in the range of .10% w/v. However, studies indicate that experienced drinkers can, if motivated, overcome these impairing tendencies at BACs as high as .20% w/v. Vision per se is not greatly affected by alcohol at BACs of less than .10% w/v, but above that it becomes impaired in most persons. ‘Simple’ tracking performance does not appear to be seriously degraded at BACs of less than .10% w/v, but the performance of ‘complex’ tracking tasks has been degraded in many individuals at BACs in the .05% to .10% w/v range. The ability to divide attention between tasks can be impaired at very low BACs (i.e., .02% w/v) and is often impaired at BACs above .08% w/v.
Studies of the more complex behavioral processes indicate that risk taking may be increased at moderate BACs for introverts and light drinkers. Moreover, low doses of alcohol have been observed to improve the intellectual performance of heavy drinkers and alcoholics while having the opposite effect on lighter drinkers. Alcohol has been found detrimental to memory, particularly the long-term memory, of heavy drinkers." (pp. 48-49)
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