
Better rest is one of alcohol freedom's greatest gifts.
The Truth About Alcohol & Sleep
Many of us believed alcohol helped us sleep. A glass of wine to wind down, a drink to switch off. But alcohol does not help you sleep. It sedates you.
Sedation and sleep are completely different things. Real sleep is an active, deeply restorative process for your brain. Sedation switches that off.
Blocks REM sleep — the stage critical for mood, memory and emotional balance
Fragments your sleep — waking you in the second half of the night as your body processes it
Sleep recovery looks different for everyone. Give your body time. It will come.
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"Your body is healing. Rest is part of the work."