Losing Sleep

One of the local major television channels bills itself as family friendly and repeats it's "family first" meme over and over. But, they really talk more in economic terms. Dallas is really more interested in dollars than people. One topic on the news at that channel a couple of days ago was about how impaired folks are when they lose sleep. To make their point, the story went that losing sleep has the same effect on us as booze. Someone who has skipped sleep for one night has the same mental dysfunction as if they were legally drunk. But instead of talking about the devastating affects that has on family life and mood, the news folk focused on how much money it is costing businesses. They said stuff like, "Companies would never allow their employees to handle multi million dollar deals drunk." They said employees run the risk of loosing jobs or even getting into car crashes on the way to work if they don't get enough sleep. Where are the family first concerns this station is always talking about?

Just like drinking, sleep deprivation can destroy families and your circle of friends. Just like drunks, the sleep deprived first deny they are impaired and the rest follows. Just like boozin, the sleep deprived have social problems that screw up everything from their diet to their friendships. So those of us who get a lot of sleep need to start working on the problem if we are to help. I guess I'll start me a chapter of InsomAnon and charge everybody who signs up about a hunnert per session and slip them some knock out drops to help them find their higher snooze.

Or maybe I'll just take a nap while you start by reading this>> and this>>