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Article: When you don't get enough sleep, your body isn't all that gets tired. Your brain can get tired, too. And you can get dangerous.(Daily Break)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 11, 2005
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Byline: ASHLEY WENNERSHERRON
BY ASHLEY WENNERSHERRON
TEEN CORRESPONDENT
Starbucks double shots," mumbles Danielle Liang, 17, as she wakes from a brief mid-afternoon nap during study hall.
This Princess Anne High School junior even dreams about coffee - that is, whenever she can sleep long enough to reach the dream cycle. Finally coherent enough to speak, Danielle apologizes and explains that she only got six hours of sleep the previous night - two more than her usual four.
Danielle copes with her 20-hour days by downing caffeine at every opportunity.
"I need the coffee so that I can stay awake enough to drive to ...