{"id":6016,"date":"2019-07-25T09:41:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T09:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/?p=6016"},"modified":"2019-12-17T12:48:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T12:48:28","slug":"truth-about-alcohol-and-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/truth-about-alcohol-and-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth about Alcohol and Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span>You might be aware of other side effects of alcohol, including kidney problem, liver impairment, lung damage, etc. but hardly thought about its impact on the sleep cycle of a human being. Read on to discover how and regular drinking can disrupt your sleep patterns and find out the solutions for sleeplessness.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you had a long and busy day, a\ndrink or two helps you fall asleep. Alcohol might help you sleep, but many of\nyou would be unaware of the fact that even a small glass can affect the quality\nof your sleep. Moreover, if you are drinking more than 14 units per week, you\nmay find you wake up with the feeling of tiredness and restlessness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How alcohol\ndisrupts sleep cycle?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think alcohol helps in sleep?\nFor some people, the answer is yes. Data suggests that nearly 15-20% of the\nAmerican population will prefer alcohol before sleep as they think it relaxes\nthe mind and makes you fall asleep. Many research studies revealed that whether\nyou have one or have many glasses of alcohol regularly, it will harm your body\nor that way. Drinking frequently can hurt your sleep patterns, making you feel\ntired and sluggish. When you consume an alcohol beverage, you may quickly and\ndeeply fall asleep. This is the reason why many people prefer drinking alcohol\nbefore bed, and these include especially those who have insomnia or other sleep\ndisorders. People get low quality sleep following alcohol because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It blocks REM sleep, which is believed to be the most\nrestorative type of sleep. You are likely to wake up weak and unfocused. <\/li><li>It can interrupt your circadian rhythm. Alcohol may affect\nthe production of certain chemicals in the body that are responsible for\ntriggering sleep, especially when you have a busy day or had enough sleep. When\nyou drink, the production of a sleep-inducing chemical in the brain starts\nincreasing, which cause you to sleep quickly. But it subsides very quickly,\nwhich is is why you wake up with a feeling that you haven\u2019t had rest. <\/li><li>It increases bathroom tour especially during the second half\nof the night <\/li><li>Sleeping dis-ordered breathing and snoring is another risk in\nalcohol sleep.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These are some common side effects of alcohol if you get any of the problems highlighted above, talk to a physician for advice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/lack-sleep-seems-triple-risk-asthma\/\">Also\nRead: Lack of Sleep seems to Triple the Risk of Asthma<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tips for a\nnight sleep<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many things can help you fall asleep\nwithout alcohol. In the early era, people suggest going for meditation, music\nand walk. Try the following solutions for sleeplessness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Meditation:<\/strong> meditation is an Indian\nVedic remedy, which is now a day very popular in almost every part of the\nworld. It is focusing on breathing in and out. That will eventually help in\nhaving a good sleep. Meditation relaxes the brain and cool down the body\ntemperature by giving a normal circulation of blood.<\/li><li><strong>Music:<\/strong> there is nobody in the\nworld who don\u2019t like or listen to music. According to a study, those who listen\ncan easily make their mind relax. Once the mind, or in a comfortable position,\nit can make you fall asleep.<\/li><li><strong>Reading:<\/strong> one of the oldest methods\nto make one sleep. Nearly 40% of American are in the habit of reading at night.\nWhen we read it to distract our mind and make it tired, and once our mind is tired,\nit gives a signal to sleep.<\/li><li><strong>Walk:<\/strong> late night or after\ndinner walk is very important. It not only helps in digesting food, but it also\nfreshens up mind n relaxes it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSo, to have a happy heart and relax mind it not\nnecessary to take alcohol, but it is important to make certain changes in\nlifestyle, which can eventually give you a better stress-free sleep.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might be aware of other side effects of alcohol, including kidney problem, liver impairment, lung damage, etc. but hardly thought about its impact on the sleep cycle of a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1186],"tags":[1500,399],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6016"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6018,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6016\/revisions\/6018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}