What do you do when you can't sleep?

Seldom Bucket

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Only on weekends when Im in party mode
Otherwise like now I am finishing my 2nd black label 1 litre beer which is equivalent to a 6 pack of 330ml beers
Tipsy yes, no where drunk.
Nice relaxed feeling, nice and calm
Gonna start a fire outside now and make a pizza
Just chill
When I get into bed later after eating I am full in the tummy, tiny tipsy and 100% relaxed, I will fall asleep in under 1 minute.

If I try this kak sober I will stare at the ceiling until sunrise
It's already after 8 and you're only starting dinner now!? Shit Dinner is at 6
 

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I've been using over-the-counter sleeping pills for a while. I think I've become immune to them now as I took two yesterday but still ended up staying awake until dawn and felt absolutely terrible during the day. I felt relatively okay when driving but the walking zombie phase kicked in when I was at the bank and I didn't feel like talking to anyone and didn't feel like taking calls.

I'm going to try to not use the pills now for a few days as it probably won't work anytime soon.

Do you have any good sleep-inducing strategies that work for you?
Cannabis and sleep therapy for a week worked for me.
 

Blantyre

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Only on weekends when Im in party mode
Otherwise like now I am finishing my 2nd black label 1 litre beer which is equivalent to a 6 pack of 330ml beers
Tipsy yes, no where drunk.

When I was in University, I used to drink a lot though. Often I'd either wake up embarrassed or very dehydrated the next morning.
 

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Pink noise on Spotify on loop. Also drowns out other hotel guests beating the shit out of each other
 

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I once took 6 sleeping pills and fuck all happened. I didnt take them all in one shot, I took them all 1 hr apart as nothing was happening. Didnt help. Dont remember what it was, bought in a chemist and a waste of money. Was about 13 years ago.
 

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I once took 6 sleeping pills and fuck all happened. I didnt take them all in one shot, I took them all 1 hr apart as nothing was happening. Didnt help. Dont remember what it was, bought in a chemist and a waste of money. Was about 13 years ago.
The way this sounds like an the_donkey post is very scary..
 

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The way this sounds like an the_donkey post is very scary..
I was a roady back then and very excited to be leaving at midnight with our kombi packed with all our gear travelling solo to Jhb for 6 weeks gigging. I tried sleeping before I left but couldn't,. I was too excited. So I just hopped in and left and drove through the night arriving in Jhb the next day after lunch time still wired, wide awake !!!!!
 

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Last night I couldnt sleep so i went to the fridge and downed 2 beers in under 60 seconds.
20 minutes later i was fast asleep, good thing im not at the office today as i slept until after 7am
 

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Last night I couldnt sleep so i went to the fridge and downed 2 beers in under 60 seconds.
20 minutes later i was fast asleep, good thing im not at the office today as i slept until after 7am

5 minutes later you had to get up for a piss.
 

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5 minutes later you had to get up for a piss.
If I drink beer early and then red wine later (1 bottle of wine at least), then I can sleep right through but I get woken up at 7 or 8 with a full bladder.
 
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