Every night when I fall asleep, I dance with Death Every time I doze off or take a nap, I dance with Death. I have Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea. I stop breathing in my sleep over one hundred times an hour as my throat collapses whenever I fall asleep or are unconscious. There is the distinct possibility that I could easily die from suffocation in my sleep. The condition is incurable, at least in my case. But there is effective treatment.