At 04:46 PM 08/30/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I have been sleeping also as a result of reading Lights Out.
>..... But there is a
>difference between getting control of something and not having to
>control it because it has ceased to be a problem all together. The case
>where is no desire to be controlled or wrestled with.

        Very important distinction made here!

>The sleep regimen, sleeping or resting in total darkness from around
>sundown to sun up, has given me a feeling that I can control myself in
>all areas of my life and not be controlled by my compulsive needs or
>desires.

        So simple and powerful yet rarely practiced.

>The sleep has also removed any desires for carbohydrates. I have a
>perfect release from the pull of carbs! I am developing a different view
>of the world after just two weeks of sleeping properly, the paleo way.
>
>Michael

        Since I compete drug free in powerlifting recovery is very important.
Sleep is the great equalizer between the drug takers(they don't last for
more than a year or two at the top and are quickly replaced by the next
idiot willing to sacrifice his health for short term gains) and myself.
        People have such tremendous guilt for taking the time to sleep adequately
that they hardly continue to do it long enough to realize the benefits.

>
>P.S. I hated reading Lights Out because of the rhetoric, the run on
>sentences that made no sense, and the lack of meaningful references
>(actually the lack of numbering on the references).
>This is probably one of the most important books of my life. I just wish
>they had taken more care in writing it.
>

        It does look like they rushed it but that shouldn't stop someone from
making a change for the better and following the advice.

Dave