hehe. still hyper as hell

Hi Leib, Is this the way it is for you all of the time or do you go through spells of insomnia? When you do sleep, how many hours do you sleep? What time do you usually go to bed? Is there something going on in your life that is keeping you up at nights? What is your sleep pattern like?

My husband is a night owl and I am a lark. I usually go to bed between 9pm - 10:30pm and usually get up around 6am. My husband will nap after dinner in the evenings for a little bit then he will wake and stay up until 2am - 3m in the morning and then go to bed. Years ago when he was in the service, he worked at nights. Working at nights seem to fit him better with his sleep pattern. After he got out of the service, he took a day job. He was talking to me about his concerns over his sleeping. I told him he has always been a night owl. That there is 24 hours in a day. As long as he get 6-8 hours of sleep a day is all that matters. He works 8-10 hour days so he has 16-14 hours left to get some sleep. So as I said, now he take a nap after dinner - wakes - stays up until 2-3am then comes to bed. He gets up during the week days for work around 7:30am. On the weekends, he sleeps like he wants. This works for him.

Now when I first got sober, I had a problem going to sleep. I would either listen to a tape or read and eventually fall asleep. I also went to sleep with a light on. Now I can go to bed and go to sleep with the light off. I may read a little bit before I go to sleep. I do also pray before I go to sleep. Occasionally I do go through spells of insomnia and when I do, I just make the best of it. I will get up and come online and do some things on the computer. I may also do some things around the house being quiet so as not to wake anyone else.

i was getting about 450 hours asleep a year.....the average is 2,688 hours a year. You need to learn to shut off your mind. Not get so tired to the point that adrenalin takes over.
Pay attention really hard ....shut off the t.v. and go outside if you still can. If you tune things out when watching tv or listen to the radio....you may not be useing your brain right...check and see if you have all your sences.do you see things with depth or are things flat and tasteless....can you feel people touch you aor speak to you from behind. Are you hearing everything and can you still taste. go outside and feel the sun on your face . I am not sure of where you are.