“Alcohol, the drug of choice in professional life, puts us to sleep, but then we wake and can't get back to sleep. 'Do you take a nip of whisky or not? Or do you put up with it? There are penalty clauses to all of these sleep-inducers,' [Former Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown] says. I knew this from medical school. It turns on you in the middle of the night.'” SleepAlcoholInsomniaSleep DisturbanceSoporifics Book:On Sleep Source: On Sleep
“For insomniacs, social media is a lifeline, a connection to the rest of the world during those solitary hours of non-sleep. Switching off? Hell, no.” SleepSocial MediaInsomniaSocial Media AddictionSleep Disturbance Book:On Sleep Source: On Sleep
“Unable to sleep and in despair, [former Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown] reflected on previous generations who had lain awake at the witching hour - the soldiers in trenches, the women in the pains of childbirth. He chastises himself for lying awake worrying about being tired the next day, for being anxious about his ability to perform in a maiden speech.” SleepInsomniaThe Witching HourSleep Disturbance Book:On Sleep Source: On Sleep