Originally Posted by
atalose 
Keep light s on, listen to music or books with headphones. Change your night time routine to something new. I used to exercise at night listening to headphones and good music. I’d take a shower and settle down into bed watch all the tv shows I missed and before I knew it I was asleep. I stayed away from self help books at night. If I couldn’t sleep I would read, magazines, a mystery novel anything that did not have to do with recovery, addiction, alcoholism.
GREAT suggestions. I did that, too--also when I was newly sober. I was so excited about being awake and alert at night (as opposed to passing out with my clothes on) that I re-discovered my childhood love of settling into bed with a good book--often staying up WAY too late, but sleeping like a rock. I replaced my bedtime drink with an ice cream "nightcap"--just a couple of spoonfuls in a cup I had put in the freezer to keep it from melting too fast.