So, this means that for the last ten years I've been legally drunk

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Sleeping only four hours a night for five nights, on average, or five hours a night for a week can impair you as much as being awake for 24 hours - or being legally drunk, according to Dr. Charles Czeisler, a well-known sleep researcher at Harvard Medical School.
--University of California, Berkeley, Wellness Letter

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A quick high

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Well, actually it's the combination. The full piece goes:

Don't underestimate the effect of lack of sleep on your driving skills. Sleeping only four hours a night for five nights, on average, or five hours a night for a week can impair you as much as being awake for 24 hours - or being legally drunk, according to Dr. Charles Czeisler, a well-known sleep researcher at Harvard Medical School. Having one beer in that sleepy condition has the effect of a six pack, he told the Wall Street Journal. Don't drive if you're sleep-deprived. If you have to drive, pull off the road if you can't keep your head up or you are drifting from your lane, blinking or yawning a lot, or missing exits and traffic signs.