WAKE UP

It seems that the marketers of sleeping pills have been staying awake to get us to believe that we are not getting enough sleep. Global sales for all sleeping pills, called hypnotics, will reach $5 billion in just a few years. "The pill-taking is real but the refrain that Americans are sleep deprived originates largely from people funded by the drug industry or with financial interests in sleep research clinics." said professor Daniel Kripke of the University of California
Medco Health Solutions, a managed care company, informs us that the number of adults aged 20-44 using sleeping pills has doubled from 2000 to 2004. In years past sleep problems were commonly reported in the elderly. Now even 10 year olds are using sleeping . This may be because of using the pills as a part of the management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Now the kicker is that people who sleep less than 8 hours a night live longer, are successful, and make more money. For more info on this sleep study go to this link. http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060323_sleep_deprivation.html

My Army Sargent father had the right idea. If I stayed up too late at night he would wake me up that much earlier the next morning. I do not have trouble falling asleep unless I stay up past 11 p m. If I do have a problem I just listen to old law professors drone on. I wake up somewhere after 4 a m but by 5 a m every morning. This has been very helpful for doing work without being interrupted by the rest of the household. This is when I do my Bible study and prayers. This is the time that I work on idea’s for cases. It is wonderful to know that because of my sleep schedule I get more done and will probably live longer. I will have to shave off a few more hours each night to make more money though.