I think I read somewhere the life expectancy for a truck driver is 15 years below average.
As far as you being forced to sleep, you are not forced to sleep. You are forced to show sleeper berth time or book off duty. This does nothing for a regular sleep schedule.....see below.
Wednesday:
set my alarm for 04:30
left the yard near Kingston, ON at 06:00
was unloaded near London, ON at 14:30
didn't want to drive back through Toronto rush hour, so I stayed ay my London home. Visited wife, played with 3 year old daughter, went to bed at 22:00
Thursday:
Set my alarm for 01:00
Left London, ON at 02:00
Arrived at yard near Kingston at 07:00
Swapped trailers and reloaded for outbound.
Booked off duty (but continued to work until dark)
Went to bed that night at 22:00.
Besides, the original post was not about "driving" at all. It was about all of the OTHER STUFF in your life that doesn't get done because you are driving.
Now if you are just a driver, maybe you do have a regular schedule and that's great, HOWEVER, the OP is not just a driver.....he has a truck to maintain, invoices to create and mail, IFTA to file, slow payers to call etc etc.
BTW, no-worries is correct...I do very little driving and I'm not complaining . Just saying.