Insomnia is driving me crazy

[Pax]

I know meditation is supposed to be a spiritual practice, not a sleep aid...

but when anxiety is keeping me awake, I find it very helpful to grab my prayer beads and use them to focus on a mantra. Usually I'll just slip off, and wake up in the morning with my beads in my hand.

I've found meditating to be really helpful as well. I used to have horrible insomia, now I just relax and breathe through it.

Only I lost my prayer beads somewhere (probably on my second-to-last trip ) so now I'm using Mardi Gras-style beads. No, I did not get them that way. But don't tell the Buddha, anyway.