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I once heard that some businessmen got a doctor to put them to sleep for a week. I have never been able to find evidence of this on the internet. Has anyone got any evidence of this happening? -
Dunno, but author and celebrity junky William Burroughs underwent a 'sleep cure', the theory being that you slept your way through withdrawal...
Prolonged Sleep.--The theory sounds good. You go to sleep and wake up cured. Industrial doses of chloral hydrate, barbiturates, thorazine, only produced a nightmare state of semi-consciousness. Withdrawal of sedation, after 5 days, occasioned a severe shock. Symptoms of acute morphine deprivation supervened. The end result was a combined syndrome of unparalleled horror. No cure I ever took was as painful as this allegedly painless method. The cycle of sleep and wakefulness is always deeply disturbed during withdrawal. To further disturb it with massive sedation seems contraindicated to say the least. Withdrawal of morphine is sufficiently traumatic without adding to it withdrawal of barbiturates. After two weeks in the hospital (five days sedation, ten days "rest") I was still so weak that I fainted when I tried to walk up a slight incline. I consider prolonged sleep the worst possible method of treating withdrawal.”My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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Originally posted by pjclarke View PostDunno, but author and celebrity junky William Burroughs underwent a 'sleep cure', the theory being that you slept your way through withdrawal...Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostI once heard that some businessmen got a doctor to put them to sleep for a week. I have never been able to find evidence of this on the internet. Has anyone got any evidence of this happening?
I'd be much more open to the idea of taking long haul flights if you could be loaded on unconscious and then wake up 2 days later in an Australian hotel. Plus the airline could pack much more people onto the plane, so win win.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostI'd be much more open to the idea of taking long haul flights if you could be loaded on unconscious and then wake up 2 days later in an Australian hotel. Plus the airline could pack much more people onto the plane, so win win.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostIsn't that what they've done to Michael Schumacher?
I'd be much more open to the idea of taking long haul flights if you could be loaded on unconscious and then wake up 2 days later in an Australian hotel. Plus the airline could pack much more people onto the plane, so win win.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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When I was living in the UK and working in Germany, I used to find my seat on the plane, tie a bandana round my eyes, and go to sleep immediately, waking up only on touchdown. A bit like Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now! Perhaps that's not a good model for a contractor.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
I'd be much more open to the idea of taking long haul flights if you could be loaded on unconscious and then wake up 2 days later in an Australian hotel. Plus the airline could pack much more people onto the plane, so win win.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostIsn't that what they've done to Michael Schumacher?
I'd be much more open to the idea of taking long haul flights if you could be loaded on unconscious and then wake up 2 days later in an Australian hotel. Plus the airline could pack much more people onto the plane, so win win.
Go to bed and wake up in AustraliaI'm alright JackComment
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