How Alcohol Negatively Impacts Your Sleep

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While drinking alcohol can help you fall asleep, it has been proven that this results in less quality sleep overall.
This is because alcohol disrupts your internal body clock and circadian rhythms that prepare your body for sleep.
This can result in both your brain and body not getting the rest that they actually need.
Drinking alcohol before bed can prevent REM, or rapid eye movement, an important stage of sleep.
REM sleep helps you process new information and stimulates parts of your brain associated with memory.
Not getting enough of this kind of sleep can increase the risk of health issues such as depression, anxiety, and dementia.
Alcohol can slow your heart rate and relax breathing muscles, which can cause sleep apnea and snoring.
"Sedatives, especially alcohol, even in someone without sleep apnea, reduce those reflexes that are there to keep the airway open," Keith Heinzerling MD, Providence Saint John's Health Center.
Experts recommend staying away from alcohol and drinking other beverages such as chamomile tea to induce sleep.

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