Drug Dependency and Alcohol in Japan: Surprising News
I was surprised to read that according to the Japanese Times, 20 percent of the population depends on drugs and alcohol in order to sleep. It was higher for men it seems. Both sexes, describe themselves as under stress (over 55 percent of the population states this in the survey).
Evidently, it isn’t just the US that is under a lot of anxiety for many areas of our lives. The health survey shows an increase since 2003 for this. If you find yourself using alcohol or drugs for this purpose, you may want to try some remedies such as increasing tryptophane before bed . Tryptophane is an amino acid in bananas and turkey. You can also get tryptophane at health food stores in the form of tablets. There are teas in the health food isle for sleeping and some find melatonin helpful.
Breathing exercises before bed, listening to a soothing cd and getting a sound machine of nature can also be soothing. Sometimes things get bigger in the middle of the night and it’s good to know that we exaggerate our fears then so you can stay conscious of this when they try to suck you in.
They took tryptophane off the market in US for a while but it is now available again. I think there are alcohol problems in japan because there is a lot of pressure to perform and acheive.