The older I get, the less I seem to need to sleep, with a nap in the afternoon. But, I have always had insomnia. Before I started smoking a pipe, I was having to switch out sleeping aids through my doctor. But, I just never felt rested after taking a pill to sleep. Then I found that if I smoked a high nicotine blend in a large pipe, that I could smoke myself to sleep, so to speak, pushing through that nicotine overdose feeling. Then as my eyes got heavy, I could just roll over into bed and sleep the full night through and feel very rested by morning.
But, the older I get the more I have to get up to piss, and the less likely I will even try to go back to sleep. So, I have limited by high nicotine blends to every other day or so. I have also been cutting my chronic clenching down to just six or so pipes a day. I may reduce it down more latter.
But, I've also been going to the YMCA every day, and working out in the morning, and then hitting the pool to swim laps before bed. I feel much better overall. But, I don't forsee giving up high nicotine blends altogether. They do really make me fell much more rested after sleeping it off. I just don't want to become acclimated to it, where I have to keep chasing harder and harder tobaccos. Cotton Boll Twist is about as high nic as I want to go... not even sure if there is a harder one.