DRINKING CAPACITY or ALCOHOL TOLERANCE

DRINKING ALCOHOL – GOLDEN RULE No. 4

KNOW YOUR DRINKING CAPACITY or ALCOHOL TOLERANCE

The “Flash” Point and The “Fire” Point

By

VIKRAM KARVE

It is best not to drink alcohol, but if you do drink then you must ask yourself: “Why do I drink?”

You drink because you want to “feel good”.

If you drink too much you will get drunk.

When you get drunk you hardly feel or remember anything since your senses are dulled.

But if you get inebriated, in your intoxicated and drunken state, you will make a fool of yourself, you may embarrass your near and dear ones, and you will certainly feel miserable when you come to your senses from your drunken stupor and suffer the pains of a terrible hangover.

If you drink too little – well then there is no point in drinking alcohol at all and you might as well have some fruit juice or a soft drink or a glass of milk. You may find it laughable, but at some parties, I have seen some persons just holding a drink in their hands for keeping up appearances (they want to project a “proper” image before their hard drinking bosses and colleagues and don’t want people to call them a “sissy”). There is no shame in being a teetotaller – in fact you should be proud of it. By the way, after over 25 years of “work hard play hard drink hard” living, I too am a strictly sober teetotaller for the last 10 years.

I write this series as I wish to share my experiences with you and enable you to take more out of alcohol than alcohol takes out of you.

So, if you want to truly enjoy drinking, you must drink just the right amount of alcohol that makes you feel good.

The aim of drinking alcohol is to feel high, not to get drunk (and, of course, not to remain dead sober as a teetotaller, in which case it is a waste of good liquor)

You must feel high but you must not get drunk.

For achieving this delightful “high” state, you must know your drinking capacity which depends on your alcohol tolerance level. 

DISCOVER YOUR DRINKING CAPACITY

Well, it was through sheer serendipity that I discovered my drinking capacity. This method worked for me. To find out whether it works for you, do try it out , at your own risk, and tell us how it worked for you.

You will need the following which you must keep handy on a table next to your chair:

1. A Bottle of Rum or Whisky or adequate quantity of your regular drink

(If you drink shots, line enough of them up).

2. A Book

3. Water

Before I describe the technique let me impart to you some “theory”.

If you were a science student you must have performed a chemistry lab experiment to find out the FLASH POINT and FIRE POINT of a fuel. You start heating the volatile liquid. The flash point occurs when the fuel exhibits a flash. The fuel is heated further and the fire point occurs when the volatile material starts burning and continues to burn.

Applying the same analogy to drinking alcohol, you can say that your “flash point” occurs when you are “high” (you have reached your drinking capacity).

If you keep on drinking then you will reach your “fire point”, an inebriated state of drunkenness.  

Your aim is to remain happily high around your “flash point” and in no circumstances must you cross your “fire point”.

But how do you find out your “flash point”?

Here is how to “measure” your “flash point” or drinking capacity.

1. Drink a glass of water. This is to stabilize you in case you are dehydrated and get you ready for the experiment.

2. Pour your normal drink.

3. Take the book and start reading.

4. Keep drinking at your normal pace and also keep reading continuously. Take your time, sip your drink and focus on the book.

5. The moment you reach state where your concentration starts wavering (you can read the words but you realize that you are not clearly registering what you are reading in your mind) you have reached your “flash point”.

This is that delightful state of alcohol induced emotional flux which makes you feel “high”.

6. If you continue drinking beyond your “flash point” you will reach a hazy state where the words in the book appear blurred and you have difficulty in reading as your eyes may not focus properly.

You have now reached your “fire point” (alcohol induced intoxication).

You must stop drinking alcohol immediately once you reach your “fire point” and drink a glass of water and relax and soon you will gravitate back towards your “flash point”.

If you continue drinking beyond your “fire point” you will get inebriated and become drunk.

7. Measure the amount of liquor you have drunk to reach your “flash point”.

8. Repeat this experiment a number of times (on different days), fine tune the results, and soon you will know your drinking capacity (alcohol tolerance level).

There is a saying: “First you drink alcohol, and then the alcohol drinks you”.

Similarly, till you reach your “flash point” you are the one drinking alcohol – you have reached the limit of your control but you still have control.

Near your “flash point” you will experience the “high” feeling which alcohol gives you and you must stop drinking at once – you will remain “high” for sometime, enjoying the euphoric sensation, and then you will have a pleasant relaxing feeling as the “high” gradually tapers off and this is the best time to drift off into a nice sleep.

Once you reach your “fire point” you will lose control and the alcohol will take charge and it is the alcohol which will “drink” you and you will get drunk.

Let me sound a note of caution.

If you drink frequently your alcohol tolerance will increase.

Increased Alcohol Tolerance means that after continued drinking, consumption of a constant amount of alcohol produces a lesser effect which means that larger amounts of alcohol are necessary to produce the same effect. Thus, you will need to drink more alcohol to reach your “flash point” to get a “high”. In effect your “drinking capacity” increases. As you continue drinking, this has a snowballing effect.

Though having a great drinking capacity may be a “macho” thing to boast about, and may win the admiration of your friends and colleagues, high alcohol tolerance indicates a propensity towards alcoholism in later years, so watch out.

High alcohol tolerance is not necessarily something to be proud of.

Regular consumption of alcohol will raise your drinking capacity which in turn will tempt you drink more to reach your “flash point”.

And if you continue this habit you may develop alcohol dependence and you may eventually slip into the abyss of alcoholism.

So, if you realise that your “flash point” has increased, abstain from drinking for a few days till your “flash point” falls to a reasonable level.

The less you drink, the better it is for your body, so in fact it is advantageous to have a low drinking capacity.

But then you must remember never to cross your “flash point”.

Avoid binge drinking and competitive drinking which can damage your health.

Like I said in the beginning, it is best not to drink alcohol, but if you do drink, remember, as Winston Churchill once said, that you must take more out of alcohol than alcohol takes out of you.

And how do you do that – well that I will tell you in my next post in this series on the golden rules of drinking alcohol.

Happy “Flash Point”. Do let me know if this works for you.

And don’t forget the four golden rules of drinking alcohol (links to the posts given below or click on the rule to go to the link):

1. NEVER DRINK WHEN YOU NEED A DRINK

2. FEEL NICE BUT DON'T GET DRUNK

3. ENJOY YOUR DRINK BUT DON’T BECOME AN ALCOHOLIC

4. DISCOVER YOUR DRINKING CAPACITY

DRINKING ALCOHOL - GOLDEN RULE NO. 1

NEVER DRINK WHEN YOU NEED A DRINK

http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2012/03/do-you-drink-to-drown-your-sorrows.html

DRINKING ALCOHOL - GOLDEN RULE No. 2

FEEL NICE BUT DON'T GET DRUNK

http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2012/03/officers-never-get-drunk-they-only-feel.html

DRINKING ALCOHOL - GOLDEN RULE No. 3

ENJOY YOUR DRINK BUT DON’T BECOME AN ALCOHOLIC

http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2012/03/drinking-alcohol-golden-rule-no-3-enjoy.html

DRINKING ALCOHOL – GOLDEN RULE No. 4

KNOW YOUR DRINKING CAPACITY or ALCOHOL TOLERANCE

The “Flash” Point and The “Fire” Point

(To be continued …)

VIKRAM KARVE
Copyright © Vikram Karve 2012
Vikram Karve has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
© vikram karve., all rights reserved.

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A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer. Educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and he is currently working on his novel. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles in magazines and journals for many years before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for almost 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing. Vikram lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts. 

Vikram Karve Academic and Creative Writing Journal: http://karvediat.blogspot.com
Professional Profile Vikram Karve: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
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ELECTROPHORESIS - Sci Fi - an Experimental Fiction Story

ELECTROPHORESIS

By

VIKRAM KARVE

From my Creative Writing Archives: 

Sci Fi -  an experimental fiction story. 

I wrote this story long ago - maybe more than 15 years ago. 
This story also features in my anthology COCKTAIL 
Do let me know whether you liked the story.

Failures avoid school reunions. 

It is painful, and shameful, for a loser to be in midst of winners.    

But this time I decided to go.  

Sucheta would be there. She had rung up from New York.  And of course her husband Anand was also coming with her. Maybe that was the real reason I wanted to go.  

It was fifteen years since we passed out from school and the reunion was a grand affair in the best hotel at this picturesque ‘queen’ of hill stations on the slopes of the awesome mighty Himalayas where our school was located.

As I said the reunion was followed a lavish dinner and dance party for ours was an elite and famous boarding school, valued more for its snob appeal rather than for its academic excellence. 

‘Bookworm’ was an exception.  He had topped the board exams and had become a distinguished scientist, always inventing something mysterious and experimenting something esoteric.  

“Hi, Bookworm,” I said. I was genuinely happy to see him.  

“Moushumi,” he said angrily, “my name is not bookworm. My name is Doctor Kedarnath Joshi.  So don't call me Bookworm. I don't like it. I am a full-fledged Professor.”  

“Okay, I'll call you Professor Bookworm,” I teased him. 

“That’s better,” he said, with smug look on his face.  

“So, Professor, what are you inventing nowadays?” I asked. 

“I’m researching in the frontiers of Psycho-cybernetics.” 

“Pyscho-what…? Stop the mumbo jumbo, Bookworm. Tell me in simple language. Who are you and what do you do?” 

“Okay. I am a neurologist. A psychiatrist.  A psychologist. And I also hold a doctorate in Electrical Engineering. Currently I am researching in mind-transference,” Bookworm said proudly. 

“Mind-transference…?” I asked confused.  

“You have seen star-trek haven’t you?”

“Yes.”  

“There they transfer persons in space. H G Wells’ time machine transferred entire persons in time,” he said.  

“Time Machine…you’re making a time machine…?” I asked incredulously. 

“No..No… I am working on something more complicated…Brain Transfer…I can put your mind into someone else’s body and vice-versa – that is, someone else’s brain into your body!” 

“It sounds very spooky to me.  Is it ESP…?  Or some kind of occult stuff…?”  

“Not at all,” Bookworm said, “Nothing supernatural, esoteric or mystical.  It’s a purely scientific technique.  I’ve developed a pilot system for trials. The machine is upstairs in my hotel room.  Why don’t you give it a try?”    

A strange curious wicked thought crossed my mind. I surveyed the expanse of the majestic ballroom with my eyes and soon my eyes found Anand.  His dashing physique and his magnificent beard made him look prominent in the crowd.  He looked a decisive, hot-blooded and dangerous man, but he also looked vulnerable. 

He wore a lonely and rather perplexed expression, as though he were at the party but not enjoying it.  And beside him stood his wife Sucheta radiating the natural pride of possession that any woman feels when she has the ownership and company of a man that other women desire.  

I reminisced. There were four of us who grew up together. The same group of classmates and friends - in school and in college - Anand, Mohan, Sucheta and Moushumi (that’s me) – the famous four – inseparable friends. All of us loved each other.  

I had the first choice since both Anand and Mohan were desperately in love with me and both had proposed to me. 

I chose Mohan, leaving Anand for Sucheta.  

And since that moment I kept tormenting myself wondering if I had made the wrong choice.

Physically I lived with Mohan but longed for Anand, repenting, and trying to imagine what my life would have been like if I had married Anand instead of Mohan.  

I looked at Anand, and then at Bookworm.  

Serendipity...! Yes. It was indeed Serendipity... pure luck... 

I felt the adrenalin rush. 

This was my golden chance to find out what life would have been like if I had married Anand... and I was going to seize the opportunity.  

I waved out to Sucheta and five minutes later both of us were lying side by side on the double-bed in Bookworm’s hotel room.  

There was a mesh of wires with electrode-transducers connected to our heads (like an EEG), a laptop-like special computer and a briefcase-size electronic device which Bookworm described as the ‘Electrophoresis Signal Processor’.  

“Good,” Bookworm said, “both your brainwave frequencies are in ‘beta’ state around 15 hertz.  I’ll give you both a high frequency burst to momentarily raise your brain-states to ‘K-Complex’ and instantaneously commence the electrophoresis.”  

Looking at me, he said, “Moushumi, you will be Sucheta as far as the outside world is concerned. So when you wake up, go straight to Anand.  Let’s see if he suspects.” And then to Sucheta he said, “Sucheta, you go straight to Mohan. He will think you are Moushumi.”  

“It’s dangerous. I’m scared,” Sucheta said.  

“Come on, Sucheta. Be a sport. It’s just for fun,” I said.  

“It’s not fun. We’re doing this experiment to validate my research – in vivo – to see if the concept of mind-transference it works. Just for half-an-hour,” Bookworm said, “then both of you come back and I’ll reverse the process, everything will be the same as before, and you can leave as your own total selves – your same mind in your own same body.”  

I closed my eyes in trepidation wondering whether I was doing the right thing. Suddenly I felt my brain go blank and then there were vivid flashes in a void.  

Half an hour later, when I was in a state of ecstasy, in seventh heaven, gliding in Anand’s strong arms, enjoying the dance, in blissful trance.  

Bookworm suddenly appeared by my side, started tugging my arm and telling me with urgency in his voice, “It’s time. Let’s go, Moushumi.”   

“Moushumi…? Why are you calling her Moushumi…?” an incredulous Anand asked Bookworm.  

“She is Moushumi,” Bookworm said pointing at me.   

“Are you drunk or stoned or something…?” Anand snapped angrily. “Can’t you see she’s Sucheta, my wife...? Moushumi must be with her husband Mohan.  I last saw them having a drink near the bar.”   

Instinctively I turned and looked towards the bar. I could not spot Sucheta. Nor was Mohan there. I hurriedly scanned the room. There was no sign of them. They had disappeared.  

Bookworm was in a state of panic and started shouting incoherently:

“Anand...Anand...Try to understand...Your wife Sucheta has gone away with Mohan.  And this lady here in front of you is Moushumi – Mohan’s wife. This is only Sucheta’s body. Inside her is Moushumi’s brain. Moushumi’s mind is in Sucheta’s body. My in vivo experiment was successful – my psycho-cybernetics discovery is validated – the mind-transference has been achieved...!”  

“Psychocybernetics …? Mind-transference …? Stop talking nonsense …!” Anand shouted angrily at Bookworm and taking my arm he said to me, “Come on Sucheta. Let’s go. Bookworm has gone crazy. And it’s getting late. We’ll drive straight down to Delhi. I’ve got a busy day tomorrow before we catch our flight back home to New York.”  

As we walked through the parking lot towards the luxury limousine Anand had hired for his visit I noticed that ‘our’ car was missing.  

It was cold and I glanced at ‘our’ small cottage on the hill slope for the last time.

‘They’ were probably cuddling up in ‘our’ bedroom by now.   

I thought I was smart, but it was Sucheta who played the double game.   

For me it was only a half-hour experiment, but Sucheta had upped the ante and turned the tables on me.  

Will Mohan ever find out? And what about Anand…will he continue to think I am his wife Sucheta? Will this psychocybernetic mind-transference last forever? Am I beyond the point of no return? 

As I think of my future, I shiver with tremors of trepidation. From now on life is going to be a tightrope walk.  Every moment I’ll have to be on my toes.

I’m excited…very excited…and a bit terrified and scared too. It’s going to be dangerous fun.  

But one thing is sure.  

Now I will really know what life would have been like if had I married Anand instead of Mohan.

VIKRAM KARVE
Copyright © Vikram Karve 2012
Vikram Karve has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
© vikram karve., all rights reserved.

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About Vikram Karve

A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer. Educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and he is currently working on his novel. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles in magazines and journals for many years before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for almost 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing. Vikram lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts. 

Vikram Karve Academic and Creative Writing Journal: http://karvediat.blogspot.com
Professional Profile Vikram Karve: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
Vikram Karve Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/vikramkarve
Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/posts.htm
Email: vikramkarve@sify.com        

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Blogging - A Useful Article

A very useful article on blogging

http://launchyourblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/MoreAwesomeBlog.pdf

Worth a read for all bloggers

LIVING IN PUNE - WALKING IN WAKAD and MEMORIES OF GIRINAGAR

LIVING IN PUNE

WALKING IN WAKAD and MEMORIES OF GIRINAGAR

Sunday Morning Post

By

VIKRAM KARVE

This morning, I woke up early, almost at the crack of dawn, and went for a long walk with my pet dog Sherry.

I got out of the Rohan Tarang main gate, turned right and took the left fork through Wakad village.

Then, instead of going straight ahead into the verdant riverside park as I normally do, I turned left, crossed the pedestrian bridge over the river Mula (which has turned green covered completely by Hyacinth and there is hardly any water visible). 

We crossed the narrow bridge and entered the fields of Balewadi in Pune

Yes, we had crossed the “border” – Mula River - between Pimpri Chinchwad (PCMC) and Pune (PMC).

I unleashed Sherry free and let her run, frolic, cavort and gambol in the uninhabited unpolluted expanse, and I played with her too, letting the cool morning air refresh my lungs.

After some time we walked on the track towards Balewadi and Baner.

As I looked around at the vast expanse of unpopulated land around me, I hoped that this would remain as it is, unoccupied, uninhabited, and not metamorphose into another of those concrete jungles, which are proliferating all over Pune.

Soon the summer sun was up and it was getting hot. So we turned back, walking briskly, crossed the bridge over the Mula River between Balewadi and Wakad, and turned left into the verdant Mula Riverside Park.

I relaxed for some time under the cool shade of the abundant trees and foliage while Sherry  ran and rolled on the leafy grass of the lush green lawns.

I love my Sunday Mornings and this was indeed a lovely start to a bright Sunday.

As we returned home, my mind was filled with nostalgic memories of my morning walks up the hills of Girinagar.

So, Dear Reader, allow me a bit of Auld Lang Syne Complex, permit me to reminisce, hark back to those good old Girinagar Days, and post below a small piece I wrote a few years ago when I lived in that Pristine Paradise near Pune called Girinagar.

Here is the link to the map of Wakad - Mula River - Balewadi area where I went for my morning walk: http://g.co/maps/ttfz8

GIRINAGAR - A PRISTINE PARADISE IN PUNE

Tell me, which is the most beautiful, most pristine, most unpolluted and most verdant place in Pune?

I’ll tell you – it’s a lovely place called “Girinagar”.

Pune has changed – for the worse.

The pleasant, salubrious, tranquil, stress-free, easygoing, cozy, affable Pune I once lived in no longer exists.

Yes, the Pune I once lived in no longer exists...!!!

Every nook and corner of Pune has suffered the ravages of “modernization”.

Except one place – Girinagar.

Yes, there still exists a pristine paradise in Pune – a Pristine Paradise called Girinagar.

With the mighty Sinhagad Fort towering as a Sentinel, Girinagar is a fascinating place located on the slopes of the hills adjoining the cool blue Khadakvasla Lake.

The view from the Girinagar ridge is amazing.

You can see backwaters of Panshet and Varasgaon dams in the distance, and close-by down below the serene expanse of the Khadakvasla Lake held back by the mighty dam.

The metamorphosis at sunset is enthralling.

The dance of colours, on the waters of the lake, from yellow to orange to crimson to blue to grey and then a still darkness – I have not seen a more magnificent sunset view anywhere else.

In the mornings as you climb up the hills cleansing, refreshing, revitalizing and invigorating your lungs with the clean unpolluted pure fresh air, you look in the distance and see the heavy layer of smog settling down over the city of Pune, and you know how lucky you are to live in this paradise called Girinagar...!

When the monsoon arrives, and it starts raining, the sensuous mist envelops all around, everything is a soothing green, and the atmosphere, the environment, the ambiance in Girinagar is simply magnificent!

Truly a “pristine paradise” in Pune...!

Pune may have changed but time stands still in Girinagar. All the green hills in Pune may have disappeared but lush green verdant hills of Girinagar still stand strong.

Yes, Girinagar remains the same as it was in 1984 when I first visited it. (Some old timers tell me it is the same since the early 1970s)

In the evenings, I often stand in my tall balcony high up on my 9^th Floor Flat in Rohan Tarang in Wakad and see in the distance the silhouette of Sinhagad Mountain outlined vaguely against the fading light of the setting sun and my mind harks back to nostalgic memories of my unforgettable days in Girinagar.

Here is the link to the map of Girinagar Pune: http://g.co/maps/8d7n2

Link to the maps and photos of Girinagar in the foothills of Sinhagarh Fort on the backwaters of Khadakwasla Lake: http://g.co/maps/56ucn

Sinhagad Fort http://g.co/maps/cgvhy

GIRINAGAR is towards the northern tip of the map. 

Have a bright and happy Sunday.

VIKRAM KARVE 

Copyright © Vikram Karve 2012
Vikram Karve has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
© vikram karve., all rights reserved.

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About Vikram Karve

A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer. Educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories, creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional research papers in journals and edited in-house journals for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for almost 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing. Vikram lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.

Vikram Karve Academic and Creative Writing Journal: http://karvediat.blogspot.com
Professional Profile Vikram Karve: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
Vikram Karve Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/vikramkarve
Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/posts.htm
Email: vikramkarve@sify.com

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