Cknopf82

I was doing better the previous night and slept much better. Last night I was hit hard with insomnia. I fell asleep for no more than 30min and was up until roughly 530. Then I had to wake up and get my daughter ready for school. I just took a 3 hour power nap because I was so tired I felt crazy. I feel better now but not happy I had to pass up my morning. Hopefully tonight goes better and that was just the last of the insomnia coming out all at once. Poor sleep aside, I'm feeling great.

Soberwolf

Reading helps ?

biminiblue

I don't like to lie in bed when I can't sleep, so I get up and have a snack- milk or hot cocoa and toast. Usually that will help me go back to sleep. In early sobriety sometimes it's blood sugar at night. A good meal 3-4 hours before bed with sufficient protein helps me now - but in early days I would go several days not getting more than three hours sleep, then I'd crash for 12 hours and catch up.

I think it's important to just accept whatever happens emotionally and sleepwise in early sobriety. It's a tremendous physical healing event and sometimes sleep isn't happening.

Mountainmanbob

Getting a good nights sleep has been a fight for me in sobriety.
Have gotten use to the catch up naps.
I guess if we are tired enough, we will sleep.

I hate the thought on some of those sleepless nights
of oh man, I'm going to be tired tomorrow
kind of gotten used to it
and I do enjoy roaming around at night.
TV, computer, jacuzzi, stars, cigar, etc.

M-Bob

gregknight

Interesting OP. I don't have any useful advice though as I have had all the gimmick advice myself and none of it worked, in my case. I would be interested in reading a professional study about the relationship between insomnia and alcoholism. In my case, when I came to the realization of my alcoholism, one of the first things I noticed was how I had to use alcohol to get any kind of sleep. I always had to be loaded so much, before I could ever sleep, and bad sleep at that. When I first started to achieve sobriety the first most difficult thing to deal with physically, was the endless days of no sleep, too little sleep, and the increase in depression, anxiety, etc., that it amplifies. I've never really gotten back to a "normal" cycle.

Dee74

I hope tonight is better for you CK

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