“The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.”

While there is a certain wit to this statement, it’s all the more powerful because it’s true. So much of our literal suffering comes from inadequate sleep. Some people glibly say, “I’ll sleep when I die,” but the truth is you’re going to die a lot sooner if you don’t sleep adequately and you won’t let your brain repair appropriately along the way.

He also notes, “Inadequate sleep — even moderate reductions for just one week — disrupts blood sugar levels so profoundly that you would be classified as pre-diabetic.”

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