Well, I once had chemical induced insomnia from a Pepsi I drank too late and even God himself couldn’t have fixed that one, it was annoying as heck. But what I did is I lay in bed and I thought about stuff all night. Currently I’m worldbuilding a space fic so it was mostly about space. And I started imagining what the scenes would look like, what dialogue I would write. I usually do that anyway to fall asleep but the damn chemicals did keep me up. I do not recommend the chemicals.

So I guess, for real you actually do have to quit caffeine and alcohol. Also don’t give up and look at the internet. That shit is wakeful asf. I actually use it to banish grogginess in the morning, it is better than coffee. Also! Don’t ever look at the time. If you perceive the time going by it just stresses you out which slows down sleep. Time is an illusion. Even 1 hour of sleep will improve on how you currently feel.

I guess you can try breathing and counting and stuff, I always find that I get bored doing that. That’s why I like to imagine things. But it has to specifically be unrelated to anything stressful. Godspeed my brothers.