Sleep pattern has been very erratic lately. Finally getting to bed at a decent hour to find myself up in the middle of the night. Coming up on a year…early in sobriety it was difficult to wake up, I’d sleep so hard. Now I’m a light sleeper for the first time in my life. Strange feeling.
Early in I’m sobriety, I had night terrors, but then sank into a pretty good sleep schedule. 8-9 hours was average. I’ve got about 11 months now, and it’s dam near insomnia some nights. And then when I do sleep, I average about 4.5-5hrs a night. I don’t feel too bad throughout the day, but by the weekend sometimes I crash hard. Weird. Wish it could be more even across the bored.
This is me to a T minus the night terrors. I’m up now and went to bed late last night. Guess it’s been about 4.5 hours. Might get up to go for a walk, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen a full sunrise.
Night terrors for me weren’t necessarily from the withdrawal in early sobriety, but from issues I was drinking through that my brain started to finally process since it didn’t have the alcohol to suppress them. Those are long gone now, thankfully.
At this point I’ve just accepted the low sleep hours and try to enjoy the early mornings as they come. I’m up for work at 430 in the morning, so during the week. I don’t have much of a choice. It’s just hard to get to bed at a reasonable hour most nights.
But man, it’s amazing how much of a morning person I have become in sobriety. I actually look forward to being up, starting my day, and seeing the sun come up.
I also find myself seizing the day. Making the most of my time from the moment I open my eyes. It does come back to bite me sometimes cause when it’s time to wind down it’s usually late af lol
I still struggle w sleep at 7.5 months . You take melatonin ? Or read before ?
I’ve never been big on sleep aids. When I sleep it’s like dead dead so anything to assist in that I might as well be in a coma. Like rn…I should be asleep but I just got home and who knows when I’ll wind down.