Hello King A, and welcome to the forums.
Alcohol can have several different effects when you're trying to sleep, too much can make you flake as you've used it to relax or celebrate a special occasion, but in excess can cause poor sleep quality but doesn't happen to everyone.
It also has the ability to disrupt your quality of sleep but it's used if someone is suffering from any type of anxiety and/or depression, aren’t reaching a deep level of sleep, are waking several times through the night, or can’t fall asleep to begin with, which only makes you feel as though you're not rested as you should be after a night's sleep.
Another problem aside from this is that you may have 12 hours of sleep but wake up feeling as though you've only had 1 hour night's sleep, so there are many issues associated with alcohol and sleeping.
Your doctor can prescribe a particular type of medication that does stop the urge of wanting to drink, and even if you do drink there won't be the normal buzz you receive when you do rink it, but this will only work if that's what you intend to do, stop drinking.
I've used it and instead drank fizzy lemonade and/or tonic water that filled my belly up, I also ad something to eat, all of this distracted me away from drinking any alcohol.
You have to remember that alcohol may only draw your thoughts away from being anxious and/or depressed, but it may only be temporary because the next day you're back to square one.
If someone can't stop at having one drink and needs to continue on, then this may be a great concern, especially if your family want you to stop.
Please ask anything you feel that worries you.
Geoff.
