I do the same thing. People think I am crazy to get up that early everyday but I think it is natural for me. I think that you need to change your routine after you stop drinking. If you don't change anything but your drinking it is just a reminder of what you could be doing. If you feel great then I say go with it. Good luck!

Hello Irelynd,

I dont believe that there is any rule about the time that people should go to sleep so if that is what works for you then its nobody elses business.

Just be careful not to get into a habit that you may find difficult to break later should you decide to revert to more conventional sleeping times. I see from another post that you are planning to go to a meeting today and that could be a good way to pass a couple of hours. When I stopped drinking I went to meetings six nights per week for about three months and between travelling and the actual meeting it took about three to four hours each day.

Personally I find it better to confront the problem rather than to withdraw from normal activities but I can understand how changing your evening routine can be helpful in the early days. If the meeting that you are going to is an AA meeting I would encourage you to become involved and committed to it and to keep an open mind. I know that I disagreed with much of what I heard at early AA meetings and if I had left at that time, I would be either drunk or dead today. Attainment of long term sobriety does not have to be a hard battle, providing that you accept the reality that you cannot drink and are prepared to do whatever it takes to change your thinking.

Wishing you all the best.

In the early days of sobriety, in my opinion, you go to any length necessary. I have been sober 16 days today. I don't have many cravings anymore. The only time it enters my mind is when I pass the liquor store it is my trigger! 8:00 til 5:00am is not unusually early. Do whatever it takes and let your husband know why! The cravings will abate over time. Never give up! Ted

Hey there. I used to stay up; when I didnt pass out; and I'd also stay out later too. Anything to keep drinking.
When I first got sober I was exhausted by 7 PM and in bed by 830 PM. I worried I'd never have energy again.
However, I found a 630 AM homegroup that I went to 5 days a week (then another meeting on the weekend both Sat & Sunday) for my first three years of sobriety. I really got into an early morning 'groove." Now I have more energy and feel great all day but I do like to get into bed by around 830 and read till 945 or so. Lights out and up again at 530 AM either to go to my meeting (I now go twice a week) or to go for a run or a ride.
Life is so good sober.

its ok to go to bed early to avoid drinking....if hubby wants you up then he is going to be unhappy but that is his choice...he can jump in bed at 8 too no questions asked....

Very normal
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Just get thru the first couple months then things get much more normalized