My personal story.
Day 1 sober – Very little sleep, maybe 2 hours at the most.
Day 2 – Because I’ve been exhausted all day from the previous night’s lack of sleep, I sleep a bit better, maybe 3 hours of consistent sleep, then waking up and sleeping and waking up and sleeping and so on.
Day 3 – Sleep is becoming something that I obsess about with ferocity! I think about sleep the way I thought about alcohol, with complete obsession – When will I go to sleep, how much will I get, how good will it be?
Day 4 – Sleeping still isn’t quite right. I start to think back on the days when I didn’t drink and how well I slept like a baby in those days. I sleep maybe 4 or 5 hours well, still spend the next day tired and silly!
Day 5 – Still not quite right. Sleeping actually gets worse for some reason. Sleep for 1 hour, wake up, sleep for another hour, wash rinse and repeat!
Day 6 – Due to the heavy influx of chamomile tea, green tea, lemon, garlic etc, I start to sleep much better, still not great though.
Day 7 – My whole system seems to reset, I start to sleep for a solid 8 hours as I did years ago.
That’s what I went through, I know fellow drunks might have gone through the same thing, please feel free to share your own experiences!
Kudos!
Kudos? Is that some kind of craft beer? Oh god, you’ve got me craving again! Just kidding! 🙂