Avoid alcoholic drinks late in the evening.

Don’t drink alcohol in the late hours before you go to sleep.

WHY IT HELPS:
Having a nightcap or alcoholic beverage before sleep may help you relax and get drowsy but heavy use chops up your sleep and robs you of REM sleep. Heavy alcohol ingestion also may contribute to impaired breathing at night. Alcohol dehydrates. You’d feel thirsty in the middle of the night which would interrupt your sleep. You also tend to wake up in the middle of the night as the effect of the alcohol wear off to be replaced by a hangover.