Alaska Sleep Education Center

Reclaiming Healthy Sleep After Barbiturate Addiction

Introduction 

Sleep is crucial for humans, as it helps improve people’s physical and mental health. In the latest data posted by Apple Watch, it was said that half of the people sleep less than 7 hours a day. Hence leading to poor mental and physical health. 

Consequently, doctors and medical experts tell an average adult should sleep no less than 7 hours a day. It improves their health and allows them to get over barbiturate addiction, as it reduces the sleeping hours of an individual. 

Therefore, in the present section, we will discuss strategies that can help you restore your sleep cycle. In other words, it allows you to improve your physical and mental health. 

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Sleeping Strategies To Restore Your Sleep 

Good sleep is key to leading a healthy life. It helps foster healthy brain and body function, which is fundamental to overcoming barbiturate addiction. This is because when you are addicted to drug abuse, it slowly reduces your sleep and ultimately harms your body. 

Therefore, once you start to get over the disease, you should figure out a sleep cycle with your therapists to help keep your sleep cycle on track. Here are a few ways you can make the strategy – 

Limiting Screen Time 

The new world order is fully digital. Even to read a book, we don’t need the book’s physical presence. Rather, we can use a Kindle or download a pdf to read it. Hence, there is no chance of decreasing screen time in the modern world. 

Consequently, it is a leading cause of poor sleep cycles. Therefore, first and foremost, you must set your process by reducing screen time. Keeping your phones and tablets at bay before bed would be best. 

At Least keep them away an hour before bed, as it will help you to get better sleep and set your sleep cycle in a normal position. Furthermore, if you are recovering from drug abuse, this will actually help you a lot to get 7 hours of sleep.

Stop Talking Caffeine 

I know Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and especially Starbucks won’t like it, but it is for your good health. Caffeine is bad for sleep, as it blocks adenosine to get into your brain cells – thus reducing the amount of sleep you deserve for a day. 

Moreover, it is also stated that caffeine can reduce your sleep quality, which is a major concern. That is why medical experts suggest people not to drink coffee before 3 to 6 hours of bedtime. This can ruin your sleep cycle and, most importantly, your good health. 

Therefore, if you are recovering from substance use, it’s better to avoid coffee or any caffeine that can harm your sleep quality. Conversely, if you want to drink something, you can drink – 

  • Almond milk 
  • Chamomile tea 
  • Herbal tea 
  • Warm milk, and so on. 

All of these drinks will help you to get a good night’s sleep and help you to adjust your sleeping cycle in hours of need. 

Living A Proactive Life 

The heading doesn’t suggest breaking hills or inventing something new. Rather, it means you lead a healthy lifestyle. It indicates committing yourself to intense daily exercise, meditation, and engaging in your daily chores. 

Furthermore, in your proactive lifestyle, you should avoid taking naps in between, as it leads to poor night’s sleep. Hence, it is better to dedicate your hours to productivity, ensuring you are tired by the end of the day. So, it helps you to have a good night’s sleep. 

However, there is a direction equal to a caution that you should avoid exercising right before bed. Rather, it is better to do it 3-4 hours before sleep, allowing your body to relax and decreasing falling sleep duration. 

In other words, you are increasing your sleeping hours and putting your sleep cycle on the right track. 

Avoid Nocturnal Eating 

Another thing that you should desperately avoid is nocturnal eating. It is one thing that obstructs you from having a healthy sleep cycle. This is because when you wake up for a midnight snack, you are basically limiting sleep time. 

Therefore, it is advised by experts to eat 2-3 hours sleep, as it will start the digestion and help you to sleep properly. Furthermore, it will ensure that you don’t get acquainted with obesity and ruin your digestive system. 

So, it is better not to get carried away by social media and eat a full course before bed. 

The Bottom Line 

In the end, if you are looking for a good sleeping cycle, especially once you are over substance abuse, it is better to follow the above mentioned steps. After you follow the steps, you will see changes in your sleep cycle and quality. 

Hence giving you a better reference point to improve your health and life.

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Brent Fisher, MBA, FACHE, FACMPE
President and Chief Executive Officer

“Alaska Sleep Clinic has a history of providing the most comprehensive sleep medicine services in the state of Alaska. Its potential has only begun. I am here to take these high-quality, comprehensive services to all Alaskans.”

Experience

Brent Fisher has held leadership positions spanning a wide variety of complex and start-up organizations: manufacturing (pharmaceutical & medical device), software development, hospitals (academic and community), medical groups, consulting, hospice, military, engineered devices, engineered plastics, and private equity.

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His writings have been published in various magazines, trade journals, and medical journals, including the Physician Executive Journal, Healthcare Executive, Modern Healthcare, Group Practice Journal, New England Journal of Medicine, and Journal of Healthcare Management (Best Article Award).

He has served on the Board of Directors of professional associations, civic organizations, and businesses.

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Brent enjoys being with his family, serving in the community, hiking, camping, fishing, and hunting.