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I can recall when a few stiff drinks, reduced my panic.I can't recall a time when a few drinks made me almost panic
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I can recall when a few stiff drinks, reduced my panic.I can't recall a time when a few drinks made me almost panic
I can't recall a time when a few drinks made me almost panic
...For me the effects are nothing like being drunk, just feels more like that every 30 feet or so shaves off 10 - 15 IQ points...
How would you describe a "narcotic effect" to someone who has never felt it (we are talking new divers here), presumably never had narcotics, and you want him or her to understand that their judgement is being affected as they go deeper?
I was looking around and found this little blog essay from a few years ago...
About Nitrogen… « Doppler's Tech Diving Blog
May be interesting to one or two of you folks.
Dude, I'll have whatever YOU'VE been drinking! Adouble negative and a made up word together in the same sentence! Now that's surface narcosis at it's finest.DevonDiver:6248522:it creates a very false misappreciation
Dude, I'll have whatever YOU'VE been drinking! Adouble negative and a made up word together in the same sentence! Now that's surface narcosis at it's finest.