Today is World Sleep Day, a day to raise awareness of the importance of sleep health. We now know much more about how sleep, nutrition and exercise impact on mental health and how improving these can improve treatment outcomes. There is a complex relationship between alcohol and other drug use and sleep. Understanding this can improve quality of life and

Sleep is an important part of our health. It is considered to be one of the three essential pillars of health alongside diet and exercise. Alcohol can have a number of deleterious effects on sleep. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has published guidelines and recommendations for safe alcohol intake. They state that