Lesson 7: Sleep and Relapse Prevention - Slide 26
Watch Out For And
Avoid Sleep Thieves
- 1. Excess caffeine
- Caffeine lengthens the time to fall
asleep and reduces the amount of
deep sleep you get
- It is a diuretic and disrupts sleep
by need to urinate
- It takes 3 to 5 hours for caffeine to clear your system
- Avoid more than 2 or 3 cups of caffeinated coffee, tea, soda or chocolate per day
- If you have trouble sleeping avoid caffeine after 2 P.M.
Notes:
Pg. 55-65, Lawrence J. Epstein, Steve Mardon, 2007, “The Harvard Medical School Guide To A Good Night’s Sleep,” McGraw Hill, New York.
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