electrosonic
29-05-2008, 08:36 AM
I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on the experience I had last night:
Last night I'd spent the evening having a few beers, as you do. And this got to the point that when it was time to try and sleep, i had that horrible feeling of everything spinning, and just generally knowing that getting a decent nights sleep in this state was going to be difficult.
Anyway, usually once I'm in bed for the first few minutes i try some meditation type exercises. What I like to is completely shut-off my thoughts and bring about a perception shift. When it happens it feels like a rush of energy flowing through my body, and my 'thinking mind' seems to be washed away. It's really hard to describe in words but i guess the best description is that i reach my sleeping body/state whilst still being conscious. Sometimes i find this incredibly difficult to do and can go weeks without achieving it, but last night I managed to slip into this state fairly easily. But here's the strange part - not only did my perception shift, but also my drunkeness disappeared just like that, taking all the drunken side affects with it. In the blink of an eye my head was as clear as it has ever been.
And when eventually my mind began to chatter again, and my perception slipped back to its usually state, so came the drunkeness again. It was incredible. And it also got me thinking, does alcohol only affect the thinking portion of our mind ... i.e the internal dialogue? As soon as this was successfully shut off it was almost like there was nothing for it to act on anymore. Even physically my body felt just fine when that portion of my mind lost its focus.
Just wondering if anyone had an thoughts on this? Does the internal dialogue also control our physical condition? :confused:
Last night I'd spent the evening having a few beers, as you do. And this got to the point that when it was time to try and sleep, i had that horrible feeling of everything spinning, and just generally knowing that getting a decent nights sleep in this state was going to be difficult.
Anyway, usually once I'm in bed for the first few minutes i try some meditation type exercises. What I like to is completely shut-off my thoughts and bring about a perception shift. When it happens it feels like a rush of energy flowing through my body, and my 'thinking mind' seems to be washed away. It's really hard to describe in words but i guess the best description is that i reach my sleeping body/state whilst still being conscious. Sometimes i find this incredibly difficult to do and can go weeks without achieving it, but last night I managed to slip into this state fairly easily. But here's the strange part - not only did my perception shift, but also my drunkeness disappeared just like that, taking all the drunken side affects with it. In the blink of an eye my head was as clear as it has ever been.
And when eventually my mind began to chatter again, and my perception slipped back to its usually state, so came the drunkeness again. It was incredible. And it also got me thinking, does alcohol only affect the thinking portion of our mind ... i.e the internal dialogue? As soon as this was successfully shut off it was almost like there was nothing for it to act on anymore. Even physically my body felt just fine when that portion of my mind lost its focus.
Just wondering if anyone had an thoughts on this? Does the internal dialogue also control our physical condition? :confused: