[rhb100]

I tried a technique last night which is sometimes not recommended. I went to bed at my usual time of about 11PM last night. I had an exterior door to a balcony open so as to keep the temperature in the mid sixties. I did not seem to be falling asleep at 1 AM. I decided to drink a cup of wine. I brushed my teeth again and then went back to bed. I went to sleep and did not wake up until about 6:30AM. I got up, saw that the temperature had fallen to 62 degrees F. I closed the exterior door, used the bathroom, then went back to bed. I then got up at my usual time, 7AM. I feel well rested. So this method seems to have worked at least for last night.

[Martin Reed]

Alcohol can help us fall asleep, but it leads to poor quality sleep. Furthermore, if you come to rely on alcohol as a sleep aid there is the risk of alcohol addiction and all the negative effects connected to that.

I’d encourage you to avoid using alcohol as a sleep aid and to implement cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques to address the root cause of your insomnia so you can improve your sleep over the long-term in a far more effective (and healthy) way.

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