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By the time I stopped drinking alcohol in April 2021, I was exhausted.
Four years on, I have a completely different relationship with bothalcohol and sleep.
Now the former is no longer part of my life, the latter has been transformed.
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In fact, the idea of maintaining asleep scheduledidnt even cross my mind.
), I was experiencing the ‘rebound effect’ in the second part of the night.
According to research, this ‘rebound effect’ comes up whenever alcohol has been metabolized.
4 ways my sleep changed after I stopped drinking alcohol
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Since I havent had a hangover for years, I can almost always fall asleep within about 30 minutes.
Happily, I now get to reap these benefits more fully.
Simply because the impact on my mental and physical well-being has been so significant.
And, as I realized several months into life without alcohol, that composure typically lasts throughout the day.
I also have alotmore energy nowadays.
How does alcohol affect sleep?
So, what’s the science behind alcohol’s impact on sleep?
Alongside this, alcohol has been proven to impact our sleep cycles.
REM sleep is the fourthstage of the sleep cyclewhere we dream.
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