Why skipping sleep is as bad as being drunk

There’s something admirable (albeit disturbing) about individuals that can function on as little as four hours sleep, however, forgoing one night of sleep is cognitively the same as being too drunk to drive.

According to a study published in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine journal, moderate sleep deprivation causes impairments equivalent to those of alcohol intoxication.

If sleep was missed for up to 17 to 19 hours, performance was equivalent or worse than that of a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of 0.05%.

After longer periods without snoozing, performance reached levels equivalent to a BAC of 0.1%, reaching above the legal limit to drive – The Huffington Post reports.