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Research found drinking even a small amount of alcohol before bed can adversely affect sleep quality. People who do not get enough REM sleep can experience emotional problems. (original.newsbreak.com)

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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Aperitif, not nightcap, is the way I roll. Found out a long term ago it is bad for my sleep to be even remotely buzzed, at all. I sleep sober, only. If I am having a drink it's before supper, if I miss the window I just don't, no big deal.

But I know so many people who say they sleep better with one drink at night before bed, are they all wrong?

[-] astral_avocado@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago

are they all wrong?

I've always heard so many people talk about how epic their sleep and dreams are after quitting alcohol OR weed, people who never quit or take a break would just never know.

[-] fraksken@infosec.pub -3 points 7 months ago

Sleep /better/ without weed? How does that work? Genuinly interested.

[-] piexil@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Weed is actually terrible for sleep, and I say this as an everyday user.

It stops you from entering rem sleep. People report a lot of dreams after quitting because of a phenomenon known as "rem rebound" where you will have a lot of rem sleep.