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I’ll Sleep to That

A big study on drinking behaviors after combat exposure, with a great quote on a sleep connection, “They have intrusive recollections: ‘I keep remembering it, I have nightmares about it, I can’t escape it,”‘ Schlenger said. Vets try to escape the memories through alcohol or drugs, he said.

Exactly, they drink to fall asleep and they drink to suppress bad dreams.

Sounds like sleep disorders are a trigger, wouldn’t you say?

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