Alcoholism Support Group
Alcoholism is the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, even when it is negatively affecting your health, work, relationships and life. If you think alcohol is causing you to lose control, it's time to seek help. Our group is a safe place to vent, check in, get back up if you fall, and reach sobriety.
I am in my 6 month of sobriety and I was wondering how the rest of ya'll have done with your sleep. I take a med at night that will make me drowsy but I am so tired all the time. Then some nights I stare at the ceiling fan for hours. Most mornings I cannot wake up to save my life. I have even bought a digital timer to fire up the lights to help. Drinking use to be the only thing that would shut me down at night. I was a boring drunk. I drank and then crashed every night. Never had a problem getting up in the morning.
no beer and a hard day of work, im out by 10, 11 the latest. i like to get at least 7 hours sleep, 8 if possible
Do you work out? if not, go out for a brisk walk, or bike ride, get that blood a flowing. slowly work your way up to a good pace.
when i am at peace... not drinking... i sleep just fine! i used to take ambien an drink before bed, but i would still wake up (that was scary!).
my brain was not at peace... so now when i don't drink, i sleep peacefully.
I drank enough alcohol when I was drinking to put a bull elephant to sleep but not me. I would be tossing and turning all night with panic attacks ,fear and paranoia.
So when I came into recovery I was lucky to have 2-3 hours sleep a night. I was given an AA speakers tape Clancy I by a member of AA and he told me to play it at night before I went to sleep and if I woke up to listen to it again. It was all about changing the Chanel in my head.
And though I still only had 2-3 hours sleep at night for a while it felt as though I had ,had 8 hours sleep. I then brought a meditation tape which I have never heard right through . The tapes worked for me but with anything it may not work for others but for an $8 investment it's worth a try.
Good Luck and God Bless...
Lionel
But if you turn into an excersice maniac, you are doing nothing besides switching addictions in my book.
but nothing wrong with becoming active.
i would workout before bed, but maybe before dinner.
i bought some relaxation CD's and practiced breathing too, that helps
One thing though- it really does take awhile to shed your body from the effects of alcohol. I was amzed at the symptoms that were with me months later, but I think you'll be better (and me too) when we're a year into this.
SpongeB has a point about the meds, but if you need 'em, you need 'em.