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Tips for sober sleep? (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 week ago by TUMBLE_BUS@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Trying to cut back on the booze for my health but damn I'm realizing I have a hard time getting to bed without something in my system. A few nights I've had to just say fuck it and grab a few Modelo tall boys at the gas station just to shut up my own brain long enough to get to sleep.

Thing is once I do get to sleep I sleep way better but that's after hours of laying in bed trying to let myself drift off.

I've tried weed but I'm one of those people where there's a 50/50 chance weed will actually make it worse.

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[โ€“] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can confirm this too. I wasn't as heavy of a drinker, maybe at least 3-6 higher alcohol% beers every night for years, but I used to force myself to take at least one "if I keep going like this I'll definitely get the shakes" tolerance break for a month every year.

Insomnia was always an annoyingly consistent symptom. It was always a guaranteed week at least of the most absolutely shit nights of sleep. After that the sleep was amazing, but getting there sure sucked. Like other commenters have said, moderate exercise, cardio specifically, helps a lot actually. Your body just needs time to adjust though.

Sorry the withdrawals sucked for you. Glad you got there though and I hope you're still doing better friend.

[โ€“] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago

I never got to the point of shakes. But rhe symptoms I had were still pretty bad. I had elevated heart rate and ravenous hunger. The heart rate was what caused the issues with sleeping. But eventually they got away. Thanks for the kind words and good luck to you too.