Xel,
Sometimes even at 22 months clean, my anxiety ramps up. Last night it was over an emaii i sent that l worried might get me in trouble at work. Never doing that again. Anyway...
When I quit I was binge drinking 3 to 4 times a month.
I'm not a dr., but my experience was similar.
It took months before I started sleeping naturally again.
I tried every no drug method I could. I want no drugs in my temple anymore.
I am 52, so I tell myself I don't need as much sleep. I nap when I can.
Drunken sleep is not sleep. It is better to be tired than to pick up again.
Some folks take rx drugs to help, but that is not for me. Everyone is different.
Hang in there. The hole we dug was deep, but we were strong enough to dig it, we can climb out.
Thanks.