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The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.”

Old 09-09-2012, 02:56 AM
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The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.”

W.C Fields, I'm surfing at 3am. Wonder what the connection is between sobriety and sleep. Maybe google it :-)
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Old 09-09-2012, 03:03 AM
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It's 11am here ,
perhaps you're just teporally displaced ?

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Old 09-09-2012, 08:38 AM
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Alcohol disrupts normal sleep cycles. It takes time to retrain the brain to work normally again.

Sleep will come in time.
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Old 09-09-2012, 10:05 AM
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I have insomnia too. Someone told me that their opinion of insomnia is that it usually means there's something bothering you - in my case it's usually extra work I need to do or a problem I need to journal out. 7/10 times if I get out of bed and take care of whatever is bothering me I'm able to fall asleep faster than I would have if I'd stayed in bed trying to sleep. The other 3/10 times I watch old movies or read and wait it out.
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Old 09-09-2012, 10:13 AM
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"Sleep is the best form of meditation," Dalai Lama.
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Old 09-09-2012, 10:14 AM
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I have had chronic insomnia since I was a teen.

One of the reasons I started drinking regularly was to deal with the anxiety that keeps me awake and turn off my brain so I could pass out.

I have noticed that even getting just a few hours of normal sleep and being tired the next day is better than passing out and waking up with a raging hangover.
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Old 09-09-2012, 10:16 AM
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Fear of Sleep | This American Life

And here's a link to a show I was just listening to on NPR about anxiety and insomnia, among other sleep issues, which is what caused your post to jump out at me.
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