I don’t know how many nights I have lain awake worrying about something I did, something I need to do, or something disastrous that’s about to happen. It’s amazing how everything seems more ominous and hopeless in the dark.
When I know at the beginning of the night that I’m going to be wide awake for hours, and I also know I need to be sharp the next day, I sometimes take an Ambien. As long as I don’t use them too often, they usually do the trick. And there are many other...
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