15 Reasons You Can’t Sleep During This Pandemic

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You’re drinking to de-stress

You may be turning to alcohol to de-stress at night. Many are doing it. A lot of my friends have “wine” or “margarita makings” on their permanent shopping list. But, while alcohol can calm you down at first, the blood sugar spike that happens in the middle of the night can wake you up – as can your bladder, which is irritated from the booze.

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