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Benadryl. Then cocaine in the morning.

Seriously, a light 5-minute workout in the morning gets rid the sleeping aid fog for me. Couple of sets of push-ups or pull-ups or whatever you might prefer.
 
I hate going to bed when I'm not tired and could stay up until 3AM every night if I could. I am not and have never been a morning person. I've tried Ambien, which was horrible. When I stopped taking it, I had a headache for 2 days. Benadryl works but I have to have 10-12 hours of sleep. Reading or watching TV are the only two things that seem to put me to sleep.
 
I took sleeping meds once and I was dragging ass the next day. Never again. If I wake up tired, sometimes I'll go jump in the pool or take a cold shower. I don't have a problem going to sleep, because when I do, I'm usually already up for 20+ hours.
 
My sleeping patters are irregular but I don't really have problems sleeping.

On weekdays (schooldays at least) my main sleep will be around 3am until 7am.
I tend to fit a one or two one hour naps in too.

If I have had a bad or very stressful day, I will have a few glasses of wine or some whisky (there's no fvckin "e") but not enough to leave me hungover.
 
I used to be able to sleep until noon if I wanted to. Just recently that's changed.

I've gone through some serious introspection and not to get too involved here with that, I decided to quit smoking/weed/alcohol....quit everything. I've been eating very well and exercising daily. This has been going on for about 3 weeks. I've never felt better in my life, honestly. But I can't sleep for shit. I'll fall asleep between 1 or 2 am (my schedule allows for staying up as late as I want) and I'm usually awake once by 6:30 or 7:00. Sometimes I can fall back asleep a half hour later and wake up around 8:30 or 9:00, but that's it. I'm only getting like 5 or 6 decent hours of sleep on a good night and I don't understand why.

I guess that doesn't really speak to your problems as you'd probably love to have the kind of consistency I just described. It's annoying to me though, because I used to get 8-10 hours a night. Seriously. I would fall asleep b/w 2-3 and wake up b/w 11-12.
 
Sounds like you could use a drink.

Have one for me big guy.

Maybe it is some side effect of detox from everything. I've never been a problem drinker, though. I really only would drink maybe 5 or 6 nights a month. I did smoke cigarettes and weed practically every day for pretty much the past 15 years.

I didn't quit any of it because I enjoyed them too much. It was exactly the opposite, for everything. I realized I don't enjoy it. Any of it. Kind of weird, I know, but I decided it was time to start living the way my body and mind have been wanting me to live my whole life. I've never enjoyed drugs, believe it or not. Did a shit ton of them, but always for the wrong reasons.

That being said, I don't begrudge anyone the pleasure of substances. I wish I could enjoy them with you, but I'm happier without them. I hope we can still hang out with me being sober and not have it be any kind of downer for you guys. That's the thing that's worried me most about my transformation - making my friends uncomfortable. I still am very "pro drug", so to speak. I make no judgments in that regard at all.
 
If it makes you happy, it makes me happy for you. You're not coming off as high and mighty or preaching to everyone about their bad habits like that son of a bitch Buttcat.

Hope you maybe have a couple hand grenades with me in Orleans though! :moped:
 
Btw, I'm not swearing off anything forever. Like I said, this is a little different than why most people quit. I'm not doing it because I can't control my desire for it.

It's not really hard to quit doing something that you don't really enjoy, so the flip side of that is if down the road there are times I really want to do it I will just do it. No guilt or regrets. Know what I mean?

I'm sure I'll get drunk again at times in my life, and then remember why I don't like it and not do it for long stretches in between. I think I "quit" just so I can have a reason to go out with friends and not drink. If you are a "drinker" and you decline a drink while you're out, there's something wrong. If you "quit" drinking then everybody understands and it's all good. Not an issue.
 
PS...Glad I snuck in the Miami trip with you and Matty when we did. Would be like vacationing with a couple of nuns these days.

I don't know about Matty, but I see what you mean about me. I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't use drugs. I don't even gamble anymore.

I still have promiscuous sex and cuss a lot though.