[schlowmo]

I know it's mainly a joke but...

If I stop working at my desk to go out for some drinks and return to my desk afterwards, this hopefully also means that I stopped thinking about desk-problems for a while.

I found solutions to problems which we're blocking me when I left my desk countless times on my way back.

So there might be some kind of Ballmer Peak which isn't directly caused by alcohol consumption, but by a break from thinking about a problem.

And it's kind of obvious that I stop caring if I'm past "some drinks" and just go straight to bed. So there's definitely some upper BAC threshold to the peak ;).

[yummypaint]

Try doing the same routine but drinking water instead, i suspect it's the walking.