Views from My Angle

The last really good sleep I remember was on a Celebrity

Cruise. Since then, sleep has been a hard fought battle.

Here's a statistic that might surprise -- or even shock --

you: In the past five years, use of sleep medications has

risen some 60%. Frankly, it appalled me. Has modern living

turned us into a nation of insomniacs who are desperate for a

good night's sleep? Or is this rise perhaps due to the bevy

of TV commercials that promise a peaceful sleep followed by

waking up the next morning so peppy and alert (no drug

hangover for you) that you go out for an early morning
run? Or is the cause a little of both? You may just need

a good Maine Coon cat to snuggle up with.