Sleep takes time. It helps to share about it; there’s lots of sleep threads here. Search “sleep” in the search bar and you’ll find a bunch - this is one I like:
Sleep, Oh Glorious Sleep!
I find the hardest part of recovery, especially in the early days, is the feeling like your head is a mad circus, crazy voices filling it up, a noisy, chaotic space.
To help me get past that, I come here and interact, it helps; I also will share, either with people here or with recovery contacts here in my city (people I met in my recovery group).
I’ve also been learning meditation and mindfulness. I use the www.InsightTimer.com app - I focus on tracks about healthy acceptance: emotions and thoughts come and go; I am learning to be the mountain, sitting through the storm, stable at the end.
I will use the selfie camera on my phone too: I set it so I can talk to myself and see my face. “I will not act out. I will not. I accept myself and what I’m going through; I sit with it, to hear it, but I do not bury it in my addiction. I let it speak, and it passes, always. I will not act out.” I do that multiple times a day, especially when I’m feeling inadequate for whatever reason; it helps me rediscover myself and reminds me why I’m on this journey.