Dont we all, although I do 7 (and occasionally more) nights in a row every 6 weeks.
Aside from the fact that train tickets are biased against you (blatent shiftism), the train is the best way to go. When I lived near Reading I usually drove in, but I never drove back after the first night, and I move into nights gently too, by staying up until ~9AM the night before nights, sleeping through till arround 6PM, then staying up. Shift is 23-11 so bed by 12:30. After the first couple of nights I'm getting a decent 8 or 9 hours in.
Your family doesnt appreciate the difficulties of, effectivley, jetlag. Nights are hard, tough. Deal, and your family has to deal too. If they cn't, check into a motel.
If you were working in the day you wouldn't be arround for family commitments, and you'd be sleeping at night. Theres no difference. A 12 hour shift with an hours commute each way means you pretty much wipe the day out. Fortunatly you spend less time commuting then a 9-5er (7 commutes a week rather than 10), and get a variety of days off (shopping is quicker in the week)
Came back after the first night once, along the M4. Heavy, slow traffic with trilbys (it was a sunday morning). I actaully did drift off for a couple of seconds. That's when I decided never to drive again after the first night.
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