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Re:Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ is a lie by Ensorceled on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @07:31AM (#19318374)
If you haven't been chronically sleep deprived and haven't been using a caffeine/alcohol cycle to support that life style, why would you expect to see effects the parent said you would see?

You're at the baseline they were already talking about.

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Re:Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ is a lie by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @07:38AM (#19318407)
> haven't been using a caffeine/alcohol cycle to support that life style

I'm frequently acutely sleep deprived. (Which is relevant within the context of a "catch-up sleep" article.) And while I don't use alcohol and caffeine to support my sleep cycle, I certainly take each frequently.

Cutting them out had no dramatic effect on my sleep quality. TL; DR Results from cutting out alcohol and caffeine may vary, and not everyone's body knows how much sleep it needs.

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