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The Trick to Sleeping Sober

Fix video columnist Jane Velez-Mitchell offers tips for beating night time anxiety without drugs or alcohol.

02/18/13

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Reader's Question: For years I used drugs and alcohol to help me sleep. Do you have any suggestions for beating insomnia in sobriety?

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