My sleep pattern is very disturbed with all the stress I am going through at present. I wake at 3.30 or 4.00. I am praying at these times rather than letting my mind race though I wonder should I get up and go back to bed then again. I do eventually get back to sleep and sleep until the alarm at 7.30. I am not exhausted or fatigued. Any tips would be great. I have heard that if you have fear you have no faith so am working on faith. I am also very supersensitive about the issue with my son at present and have to pray when I feel resentments developing. I am in daily contact with fellow members so I am not isolating.
Routines are key. Eating at the same time each day, going to bed at the same time. Avoid caffeine and sugar. The typical reasons for sleep deprivation are sleeping with the TV on, pets in the bedroom, caffeine, eating within a couple hours of sleeping....
I personally can't have any caffeine after 9AM or it screws with my sleep. It took me a good couple of years for my sleep pattern to even out after I got sober. My body was so used to 20 years of passing out, which is not the same thing as sleeping. I would just get up whenever I woke up and do some reading in the quiet early morning. It passed eventually. I've always heard in meetings, no one ever died due to lack of sleep (I might argue with that one)
I am thinking you have a lot on your plate right now. Being spiritually centered will be key. Be kind to yourself and keep reaching out. You can't control outcomes with your son and that is probably even scarier than working your own program (working the alanon program and the powerlessness that goes over that). One of the last things anyone wants is their child to be developing the types of problems we suffer through here ourselves. I would be having a rough go of it too if I were you. It would be hard to detach and not worry or lay awake at night thinking about it. Sounds like you have tools and know what to do in order to walk through this and come out the other side okay....but that doesn't make it easy.
In support,
Mark
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