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"<br />
"<br />
CAFFEINE BECAME<br />
HER CRUTCH<br />
"<br />
fatigue. She would<br />
go to bed around<br />
8 pm, sometimes<br />
beating her<br />
daughter to bed?<br />
? but every<br />
morning she<br />
would wake up<br />
exhausted and<br />
confused. It would<br />
feel like she hadn?t<br />
slept at all. This<br />
would spill into<br />
her day to day<br />
stuff that needed<br />
to get done.<br />
Including taking<br />
care of her<br />
high-energy<br />
toddler.<br />
Around this time,<br />
she was caring for<br />
her Father, who<br />
was really sick in<br />
the intensive care<br />
unit. She<br />
practically lived at<br />
the hospital in<br />
being there for her<br />
dad in his final<br />
days.<br />
That alone was<br />
stressing her out.<br />
She?d been<br />
drinking a lot of<br />
hospital coffee just<br />
to get through the<br />
day.<br />
Caffeine became<br />
her crutch?<br />
... before long, the<br />
number of cups<br />
kept creeping up<br />
and up. First 3<br />
cups a day, then<br />
four, then five.<br />
7<br />
33<br />
Then whole pots.<br />
Her entire life and<br />
day became one<br />
big ?budgeting? act<br />
with her energy?<br />
For example?<br />
whenever she was<br />
faced with an<br />
activity that before<br />
she didn?t think<br />
twice about?<br />
· ? .. like playing<br />
with her daughter,<br />
· going on a date<br />
with her hubz,<br />
· or hanging out<br />
with her friends?<br />
? NOW, she would<br />
"<br />
have to ask<br />
herself:<br />
?Do I have energy<br />
to do this?...- or<br />
will it make me so<br />
tired that I?m<br />
FORCED to miss<br />
something later??<br />
--> A condition<br />
that has come to<br />
be called<br />
AGONIZED<br />
ENERGY<br />
ALLOCATION<br />
(A.E.A.)<br />
After a proud life,<br />
with so much love<br />
for his family, her<br />
Dad ended up<br />
passing away.<br />
(may he rest in<br />
peace).
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