Hello there Patsy! Don't reckon much to alcohol; as another poster says, you zonk out but a couple of hours later you're wide awake. They say that if you're not sleeping, you should get out of bed and sit elsewhere. Then you associate the bedroom with sleeping. But I think it's to do with the brain racing along with problems, and being unable to push the troubles away for the night. My sister recommends writing down the worries on a bit of paper and putting them on the bedside table. You tell yourself they will stay there (not in your head) until you pick them up again in the morning. Apparently your brain agrees and has a rest! (She's had trouble sleeping since she tragically lost her husband TWENTY years ago. It must be terribly hard for people like her.)