Not getting enough sleep
 

It takes me 3 hours to fall asleep when i'm not drinking and I'm so tired all the time. I'm up at 6.30 so I am only getting 5 hours of sleep.
When I am drinking I fall asleep as soon as I lay down and I get a perfect 8 hours of sleep every night.
I was not drinking enough to be dealing with major hangover's and I only drank later on, close to bed time.
Have any of you dealt with this? Do you have any advice for me? (Btw I am not taking caffeine)

I think it's called passing out, not a perfect night's sleep. Alcohol is not a good sleep aid. There are a number of ways to improve your sleep without drinking.

And if you want to quit drinking, we can help.

It's really normal to find it hard to sleep when you first stop drinking. I think everyone goes through it. I would persevere with abstinence from alcohol and create a night time routine designed to relax and wind down. Turning off the tv, computer and phone in the evening has helped me wind down. I stay revved up if I watch tv or surf the internet until it's time to go to sleep.

As tigerlili said, yes it's very very common. It will occur for a while after you've been sober.

I found in early sobriety that exercise helps a lot! It's definitely one of the less pleasant things to deal with, but it improves a LOT and soon you'll probably be sleeping better than ever!

Alcohol completely disturbs our natural sleep patterns!

Thanks for your replys. I am sure it will improve with time. I don't recall suffering from tiredness all the time before I ever started drinking.

if you have an iphone i have downloaded an app called sleepstream 2 - its a free app and its full of different types of meditation sleep music - it has one for deep sleep - power naps - meditation,
its a very good app and gives you something to focus your mind on when you go to sleep - hope that helps