C23

Is so cool!!!!!!

It's 1:42AM MST right now and I can't sleep a wink.

Gotta love being use to drinking yourself to sleep for a few years, eh?

Aysha

I cant sleep either. Under pressure to go to sleep. Its 3:45am here and I have to be up in 45 mins to get ready for work.
I fell asleep the first time around 12:30 for about an hour. Up a little bit. Back to sleep for about another hour. Back up and so on. My eyes are burning right now.
I dont usually have to go to work this early and am used to stayin up late.
But for some reason when I need to get to sleep. It never happens.
Glad I only have to work a few hours today. Then I will come home and crash for real.
Hope you get some rest soon.

C23

Same to you hun. Hope you just get through the work shift and get home and get some rest.

Kat67

hey whats up! you know what you mean, Ive been sober for three days and i haven't gotten any sleep either! I'm used to having a couple of drinks before i go to sleep too!
So it's a little weird so i have to play video games or read a book.

CarolD

Please see if this link helps...

Insomnia? 42 Simple Tips to Help You Get to Sleep - Insomnia treatment, cures

I love to stay up all night so I've not tried the tips.

least

having a hard time sleeping too. keep waking up. desperately want to sleep but can't. would give anything for eight hours rest.


only thing good about it is being able to talk to my aussie friends!

Tommyh

my sponsor tells me to count my blessings if I can`t sleep.
That came after a remark a guy made once about counting sheep when he could not sleep

ViciousCycle

Just over 2 weeks and finally able to get some quality sleep. It will come you guys.....just takes time. I still have some pretty weird dreams though.......why can't I dream up the winning lotto number?

24hrsAday

c23: it gets better.. A LOT BETTER!

tellus

I should've come online at 3AM instead of tossing and turning - I couldn't sleep either! It's funny, I slept like a rock when I first got sober.

change4penny

I'm 137 days clean, and I've not slept through the night since before rehab. Come to think of it, I didn't sleep before rehab either....for reasons that got me there in the first place! lol

IantheWino

I'm on day 5 and I had trouble falling asleep last night, but after an hour, I finally did. Once asleep, I'm sleeping better now, and through the night. I feel pretty good today.

KindBird

Sleep is more interrupted for me without drinking - and the dreams - wow.. and I remember them.. But I am not real tired during the day so what sleep I am getting must be good stuff.
Great to hear how this works out for others - being on this path is really new for so many of us and I sure don't know what to expect!

masseyman

Couldn't sleep at all the first 4 or 5 days sober. TRIED....man I tried...sweatin', irritated, my mind racing like nascar, I heard every single tiny minute itty bitty little freakin tiny noise that was made in my house....swear I could hear the mouse 3 rooms away snoring.

Much better about the 6th or 7th day....find myself sleeping thru the night now...very thankful.

Different for everyone eh?

mamabin

I thought about turning to my computer when I was up during the night. I wish I had! For the first week I slept fine, but now I can't stay asleep. And my dreams are crazy. Reading helps me sleep, but I can't stay asleep, the last 2 nights have been tough.