The Sleep Solution

I had been having trouble sleeping.  I was staying up later and later and sleeping in later and later.  Some nights I didn't get to sleep at all and went to bed in the morning after Barb got up.  I found this book called The Sleep Solution in the audio books from the library.  So I listened to it right away.  The author said he had a foolproof method for solving sleep problems.  He called it the Ice Bucket Sleep Challenge.  He said you were supposed to pick a time to get up and then count back 5 and a half hours.  So I picked 9 am and counted back to 3:30 am.  He said you were supposed to stay up at least until 3:30 every night and get up every morning at 9 am.  If you didn't get up with your alarm you were supposed to get your wife to pour an ice bucket over you.  I got Barb to use ice bags for the cooler instead of an ice bucket.  Then after a few days of being really tired, you are supposed to go to bed 15 minutes earlier and do that for a few days.  And keep going to bed 15 minutes early until you can get rid of your daytime sleepiness and still get to sleep at night within 15 minutes from the time you go to bed.  I did it and it worked.  It was really hard to stay up until 3:30 am when I was getting up at 9 am.  But I was able to get to sleep every night.  Barb did have to threaten me with ice bags and sometimes she even followed through with her threats and put ice bags in my pajamas until I got up.