Stop drinking and take some ZZZQuil. Don't mix them.

Good stuff.

I'm gonna do that if this continues. But I don't want to. I remember getting high on that shit when I was a teenager before I past out. It was a nice buzz. I take pride in not taking anything when I'm sick. But I'm rarely sick. Then again, I guess alcohol is a medicine. And I'm using that now. So who am I crappin'?

Zzzquil is just Benadryl basically, it is a brand name for Diphenhydramine. Take a little bit of it at night and it will make you tired, it's better than getting drunk.

You’re screwing yourself. Alcohol is going to worsen your insomnia.

No. It works.

I'm not sure if you are serious or not, Beardown. But, I have this problem as well.

Whatever stress you have - personal, job, etc. - sneaks into your mind at 1-2am and you just can't fall back asleep because you focus on what you need to do next. In my case, job-stress, I worry about all the stuff I have to do when I wake up and I cannot sleep because I'm thinking about how I'm going to approach the issues.

So, I've memorized a few of my favorite scenes from movies/TV shows and I start to recite them in mind like I'm counting sheep. They are long scenes so I don't remember the whole thing and then I get caught up in remembering it all and before you know it, it is 4 hours later.

So, there. An actual suggestion.

Maybe throw on that Robin Williams / Al Pacino movie that was directed by Christopher Nolan. Underrated.

I wasn't going to disclose this but since W_Z is here. I try to go through the Guinan/Picard scene from Measure of A Man.

Data is a sentient being damnit!

Howard Stern’s mom has advice I used years ago when it hit me again (had it bad in high school), and it worked. It’s a state of mind thing.

When you’re laying down in bed, the mind set is that you’re resting whether you are asleep or not. The more you relax and let yourself believe you’re resting, you either fall asleep or you are physically letting your body rest. Eventually you will be rested.