Just One Game

Soda Machine, Farmersville TX. I've had insomnia for two weeks. I go to bed at a normal time, wake up two hours later, and can't get back to sleep for another four hours. In the last week I've nearly dozed off at red lights more than once. It's pissing me off, and it's scaring me. I tried half a dose of Tylenol PM. The sleep ingredient is diphenhydramine, one of the few over-the-counter options that doesn't spike my blood pressure. It did nothing for me at 2 a.m. and just made me dopier the next day. I tried staying up to a normal bedtime without napping after dinner, and I struggled. Even a walk didn't hold me. I'd come back, put YouTube on the TV, and be out on the couch soon after, which, on a full stomach, is its own bad idea. Last night after dinner I felt the tug. 8:30 p.m. Too early. I'd wake at midnight, be up till 4, and be screwed the entire next day. My wife, who works retail, was already passed out on the couch. I needed something stimulating, maybe even irritating, that…

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