Pulled myself off the road this morning

No.

You must rest, time off is regular medicine.

The human body and mind will shut you down if you have had too much, it does not matter if you do like I did eating a box of caffinee pills.

Treat this not a personal failure but a alarm bell warning you to reduce your stress level wherever it source at, family, bills, money, hygene, health etc. FIX it.

 

Good. Park the truck, pull the battery from your phone and leave dispatch and papers in the truck. Go home be with the kids as you already are doing.

Nothing but you and your family. Dont even look at the truck or talk about it. Take the kids somewhere maybe a carnival in town or something.

 

You did the right thing. Just tell dispatch exactly what you posted here, if they are decent they will understand. If they are not decent then they aren't worth working for. You sound like a productive employee, and productive people have plenty of opportunity. We've all been there before. Don't sweat it, really.

 

Most important thing about working nights...Get your body and mind on a night shift and KEEP IT THERE..even when home....DO NOT try to do stuff during daytime thinking it will be ok..it will catch up with you!!!

 

Enjoy that quality recliner time.

Screw working that much of your life away. Pointless.

 

Any job that requires 75 hrs per week to be "doing ok financially" is a terrible job. Quit and find a company that pays you a fair wage.