When I'm trying to fall asleep in the first place, I read. I can't go to sleep without reading. Doesn't have to be for long.

If I wake up, and can't go back to sleep, I count backwards from 300. That almost always works. Or I try to name all my bottles of wine, in the order they are in in the wine attic. Or, if it's the night before a bike ride, I go over the route in my head, turn by turn.

When I was working nights and sleeping days, I would wake up after about four hours to pee, and then have a terrible time going back to sleep. Then I started taking Benedryl. That worked, as well as not opening my eyes on my way to/from the bathroom.

Drawing circles on BFs back works well, too, for some reason.