Apps for sleep

In my last few posts I talked about alcohol, drugs and diet. Reducing alcohol consumption to one or two standards can assist in getting the right kind of sleep. Eating early and regularly is important and stopping smoking or cutting down is important as nicotine is a stimulant.  When the head hits the pillow though sometimes it can be hard …

Beating anxiety with sleep (part 3) alcohol

There are so many reasons why we drink. To celebrate birthdays, weddings, bucks/hens parties, welcome back, your’e leaving, something with dinner, out in town, and it’s a day ending with ‘y’. Over time though we drink more for the last reason, life becomes routine and we associate the good feelings from those parties and social interactions with alcohol, we forget …

Beating anxiety with sleep – Part 2

Drugs Last month I talked briefly about eating and the ways I got back to eating breakfast and lunch again. I find I am a lot calmer, focused and relaxed. But his was not the case until I got off the drugs! My drugs were caffeine, alcohol, and occasionally cigarettes. All of these drugs work with each other to cause …

Beating anxiety with sleep – Part 1

Earlier this year I made some big changes to my lifestyle in an attempt to live better and feel better. I wanted to get better sleep and start exercising more, sounds easy right? Just go running and you will feel tired then you can sleep. That’s like telling someone to pull their socks up when they are feeling down! I …