In the middle of moving a dinner invite came. The dinner included three small glasses of wine. Then came the 98 octane coffee.
I am one who says coffee does not keep me awake. Funny thing, my usual 5 hours of sleep was only 3 1/2 hours. Awake and unable to go back to sleep and a long day scheduled was not fun.
Then at 5 AM it was brought to my attention that my lips looked dry. Very dry at that.
Wine may help you go to sleep faster but it will not help you have a good nights sleep. Actually the opposite is true. Now add caffeine and with the dehydration from that alcohol, you have a perfect storm to keep you awake.
Simple lesson here about medications, drugs, and chemicals we expose our body to. The more dehydrated we are the more potential to react or not. We are so complex in our make up, sometimes one thing that may have no effect can have greater effect depending on that balance.
Even 12 hours later the imbalance is still being felt in my being thirsty. Bringing the balance back could take a few days.
If you drink, remember to compensate with increased water intake prior to sleep.
Oh yea, one more thing. People often wonder why Beer passes though you so fast. A urologist I once worked for shared the reason why this is.
It seems that it does not have to stop to change colors.
Good health to you.
Tags: beer, dehydration, sleep, thirsty, wine