Lesson 7: Sleep and Relapse Prevention - Slide  15

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Alcohol Negatively Affects Sleep

  • Alcohol taken near bedtime:
  • Initially shortens the time required to fall asleep
  • Results in short periods of light sleep interrupted by periods of wakefulness
  • Return to sleep is difficult
  • The negative effects of sleep deprivation occur when alcohol use continues day after day
  • The person who abuses alcohol becomes continuously sleep deprived
Notes:

www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications, Alcohol And Sleep – Alcohol Alert #41 1998, Alcohol and Sleep – A Commentary by NIAAA Director Enoch Gordis MD

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