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I AM curious if anyone else has experienced the same problems with sleeping while actively using alcohol as I had. Alcohol is a depressant so one would think it would make you sleepy, but it was opposite for me. Alcohol made me want to stay up all night and drink into morning. I didn't want to stop. I dreaded sleep.
When I would drink, it was if I was scared to death to go to sleep. I didn't want to go to bed just to get up and do it all over again. It's hard to describe, this fear of going to sleep when I was drunk. A feeling like, I didn't want what I had going on to end. Or perhaps a fear of what would greet me in the morning?
I guess I mention this BEcause I have read several other's sites where sleeping and insomnia were associated with alcohol use.
I always thought it was just me that was like that, but perhaps this is something fairly common in alcoholics? Did this happen to you too? What is that all about or is it simply the effect of the alcohol?
I still do have bouts of insomnia now that I AM sober, but it is fairly rare now and lacks the fear of going to sleep that I felt while drinking. Sometimes I even fall asleep watching tv and that is something I thought only old peeps did! =)
Thanks.
When I would drink, it was if I was scared to death to go to sleep. I didn't want to go to bed just to get up and do it all over again. It's hard to describe, this fear of going to sleep when I was drunk. A feeling like, I didn't want what I had going on to end. Or perhaps a fear of what would greet me in the morning?
I guess I mention this BEcause I have read several other's sites where sleeping and insomnia were associated with alcohol use.
I always thought it was just me that was like that, but perhaps this is something fairly common in alcoholics? Did this happen to you too? What is that all about or is it simply the effect of the alcohol?
I still do have bouts of insomnia now that I AM sober, but it is fairly rare now and lacks the fear of going to sleep that I felt while drinking. Sometimes I even fall asleep watching tv and that is something I thought only old peeps did! =)
Thanks.
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I didn't know what tired was.
I didn't know what hungry was.
I didn't know what thirsty (for anything else but booze.. lol) was.
I didn't know what a lot of things were.
I had insomnia for the first couple of years of my sobriety. I slept every other night... maybe.
It's much better now.
Maybe I'm an "old peep".. LOL
Wendy~