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Six-thirty. The kettle clicks, the kids argue over the last waffle, your phone already glows with three “urgent” emails. You crack the blister, swallow the white pill with yesterday’s coffee, and by the time you’re tying shoelaces the static in your head is gone–replaced by a calm, almost unfair clarity. No jitters, no espresso-heart; just […]

Last semester, my roommate Dave turned into a library vampire–nose in books from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m., still chipper for the 9 a.m. lab. I thought he’d discovered a secret coffee plantation in his closet. Nope. He flashed me a blister strip of small white tabs and whispered, “Got ’em for 79¢ a pill […]

Last Tuesday my flatmate Sam poured his third espresso, stared at the code that hadn’t budged since midnight, and googled “Provigil online UK” with the same desperation you reserve for lost keys. Thirty-six hours later a small brown envelope slid through our letterbox–no ghostly knock, no customs love-letter, just a discreet sticker and a batch […]

My cousin Lena works night shifts at a Warsaw hospital. By 3 a.m. her brain felt like wet cement until a senior nurse whispered the name Provigil. One pink pill, thirty minutes, and the charting glare turned readable again. She still buys it the Polish way–paper script, two buses, queue that smells of disinfectant–because she […]

My cousin Jerry used to fall asleep at red lights–true story–until a friend handed him a strip of small white tablets labeled Provigil. Two mornings later he texted me: “I finally finished the deck the boss wanted in March.” No jittery Starbucks rush, no 3 p.m. crash, just six straight hours of clear, quiet concentration. […]

I used to fall asleep on the subway and ride to the end of the line–twice a week, every week. Then a friend who works night shifts at JFK told me he gets his modafinil for less than the cost of the sandwich he packs for lunch. Same brand-sealed strips, straight from a licensed European […]

Last Tuesday my neighbor Tanya texted me at 6:14 a.m.: “Coffee maker died. Kids late for school. Brain still in pajamas. Help.” I walked across the hall, handed her a single 200 mg tablet, and went back to my apartment. At 7:02 she knocked again–lesson plans graded, lunches packed, and she was laughing about the […]