Originally Posted by
repent 
I found it very hard to get up this morning because it takes so much time for me to fall asleep. Nights are the worst for my anxiety since that is when I started drinking (after work, rough day-everyday). I have had a few instances where I thought "one beer" would be okay, but quickly distracted my thoughts from it.
There is a thread I started over in the Secular forum about this very topic. I felt that this was something that was particular to me, but as it turns out many of us have sleep issues due to anxiety that we tried to "address" with drugs and alcohol. There are often other issues and reasons for our drinking and using, but anxiety seems to be a pretty big one around here.
I will say, for me at least, it has gotten better. When I first quit (pot was my DOC) I would lie awake for hours and hours before falling into a fitful sleep. It's been about 10 months clean for me and I find that while sleep still doesn't come easily to me, it is much better than it was. I can deal with some sleep issues given what I have gained by quitting my drug habbit. Life has gotten so much better over the last 10 months. It's almost like I don't even know the person I was then, and for that matter, I don't really want to know him, because he wasn't such a good person.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know that there are many, many others out there going through what you are going through, and it does get better. Welcome to SR, it's been my primary support for many years. That said, I should point out that I've been posting here for over 8 years, but am only clean 10 months, so you might want to give some thought to some of the various "in person" support groups available out there. Nuff said. Take care.