Worse-than-drunk 🤯

🪶 The Navy uses natural rhythms to prevent "worse-than-drunk" performances (and you can, too).

Sep 23, 2021

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Hi,

I came across a Navy handbook that used the words "worse-than-drunk" to describe the performance of sailors in a state of circadian disruption. Thankfully, there are field-tested schedules to prevent this. Here are the rules:

nightshift is between 3-6 hours, never more!
eat at least one hot meal every day, with plenty of time to enjoy it (1.5-2.0 hours)

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