Simpleman1979

...go through phases where you wake up at 3am-ish..lay there a little while, then fall into the deepest, most REM sleep ever? Hope everyone is doing well.

thomas11

When drinking, yes. I would wake up in the middle of the night likely as a result of waking up from going to bed (passing out). Then I would eventually fall back asleep and when I woke up it was like waking up sober, nice and rested.

FreeOwl

I think I've had just about every form of odd sleep pattern and / or disruption at some point along the trajectory of my recovery.

greens

Yup, 3 am used to be my witching hour

PurpleKnight

Yeap, my sleep was all over the place for weeks!!

Hang in there, it gets better!!

Jsbodhi

Yes, 3-4 am wake ups always happened to me too

least

When I was drinking I used to wake up in the wee hours of the night in withdrawal. Now I wake up early when the dogs have to go out. But I don't mind as I feel good when I wake up and always get right back to sleep after.

Sober sleep is great!

Thumpalumpacus

In recovery I've found I get better REM sleep. I even had a song come to me in a dream recently - jumped up and grabbed the guitar, and voila, new song for the day.