| Warren has had problems falling asleep most of his | | | | sounds of the water and the birds chirping, and the |
| life. It wasn't that big of a deal to him most of the | | | | other sounds of nature. As soon as Warren said that, |
| time. In college, he scheduled most of his classes to | | | | he came upon an idea ... |
| start in the afternoon. His first full-time job out of | | | | Warren headed straight from the doctor's office to |
| school was managing a restaurant for the 4pm to | | | | the Barnes and Noble in town and found the audio |
| midnight shift, so he didn't have to rise early for that, | | | | book section. In the back corner, he found a few |
| either. But Warren's new position as an executive | | | | "Sounds of Nature" audio books. If the sounds of |
| chef was a 9-5 job, and he has already started off | | | | nature could comfort him and help him relax during |
| on the wrong foot by arriving late to work several | | | | the day, could they do so at night and help him fall |
| times in the first few weeks. | | | | asleep? |
| But it's not his fault. Warren was diagnosed as a | | | | That night, Warren inserted one of the Sounds of |
| moderate insomniac when he was a child. He has | | | | Nature cassettes into his stereo, pressed play, and |
| gone through several different medications, therapies, | | | | laid down in bed. It was only 10:30, so he figured he |
| home remedies - without much success. For | | | | had at least four or five hours to go until he fell |
| whatever reason, Warren just can't fall asleep until 2 | | | | asleep. |
| or 3 in the morning on most nights. It doesn't matter | | | | Warren couldn't believe his eyes when he woke up |
| where he sleeps, there's just something in his body | | | | the next morning at 7:30, feeling completely |
| that biologically prevents him from sleeping until an | | | | refreshed! He must have fallen asleep within an hour |
| hour or two before the sun starts to rise. | | | | of playing the tape, because the cassette was 60 |
| Warren even tried a hypnotherapy session not too | | | | minutes, and he didn't remember the tape stopping |
| long ago. That didn't work either. Then one day, | | | | at all. |
| during a routine check-up with his doctor, they were | | | | That was two weeks ago, and Warren has been |
| discussing the problem when Warren's doctor asked | | | | able to fall asleep every night before the end of the |
| him what he did to try to relax. Warren said that he | | | | tape ... his insomnia was finally cured because of |
| usually heads down the road from his house where | | | | nature audio books! |
| there is a stream, and he is comforted by the | | | | |