u/Specialist_Grade_662

I'm wondering if anyone has developed unhealthy habits with alcohol that arose from DSPD. Mine is really destructive and I know that addressing this will improve quality of life even if I can't tackle DSPD. The habit involves using alcohol to sedate me, and obviously this really destroys the quality of sleep plus all the other issues with alcohol. Probably the worst thing is my timing. I'll drink 3 or 4 drinks (usually beer) but it's right before bed. The times I drink earlier in the day I end up usually feeling rested and if anything it accomplishes what I initially turned to alcohol for, which is a trick to get my ass asleep at an hour that's more conducive to my work schedule. Strange as this may sound, I cannot even convince myself to drink earlier. The habit is so locked in to the specific routine that drinking has no appeal until a certain time before I'm trying to sleep and then it kicks in like a necessity. I know the alcohol habit is a problem and I am working on altering the triggers, associations, internal narrative, reward cycles, etc. Tho I know cognitively that this is not serving me, I get terrified of being in bed with my brain fully on and probably more active than it was all day, so the trauma of those all-night-no-sleep experiences seems worse than shitty sleep... but that's the night before. In reality, the shitty alcohol sleep actually feels worse the next day than a really short night of sleep. Any experiences that may relate, or things to share about your journey conquering an alcohol-sleep association would be appreciated.

A while ago it seemed like everybody and their mother was selling nutcrackers wherever u go. At Riverside Park above 145th I didn't used to need to bring anything with me cause I knew someone would be there with a cooler or backpack. Seems way less the last couple of years. Anyone know why? For at least the last 7 or 8 years it seemed like cops would generally leave it alone and look the other way but what do I know

DSPD is the major thing holding me back from a job change. My current job is all remote and I've managed to get a 10am - 10:30am start time, which still leaves me sleep deprived but better than I can get most places (especially being that I can roll out of bed and start). Despite those benefits, I generally have to work 60 to 65 hour weeks (through the wknd and long days). Basically I need to always be working during official hours but the work itself takes way more hours to complete. The disrespect and demoralizing treatment is what's pushing me out most, tho. I have a high responsibility job, very diverse skill sets, and would love to work with a recruiter or other professional to help in my work transition, but it needs to have a flexible or mostly late schedule or what's the point. Has anyone found positive relationships with recruiters while being open about DSPD and/or come up with strategies other than simply targeting industries with late schedules? I am NYC-based and have thought maybe targeting West Coast companies would be an angle, but my lack of familiarity with how to pull that off is why I'm thinking of a recruiter.