Sleep and Recovery
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The influence of sleep on recovery, and tips on getting a good night's sleep. Clinical research proves that one of the greatest indicators of relapse is poor sleeping during initial sobriety. Unfortunately, the legacy of alcohol abuse on sleeping cycles makes falling asleep and achieving a restful sleep very difficult.
One of the worst things that you can do during the initial period of alcohol recovery is not sleep. Insomnia, or even less than recommended sleep, is statistically correlated with greater relapse rates, and patients who report baseline insomnia before entering treatment are more likely to continue having sleep disturbance problems after treatment, and are far more likely to relapse back to alcohol abuse.
Sleep and recovery go hand in hand, and without appropriate sleep, the risks of relapse are high. This is problematic though, because a history of alcohol abuse can severely distort sleeping patterns, and there can be period of months or even years after abstinence during which your sleeping patterns are recovering from the legacy of alcohol abuse.
