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primo569  ·  3825 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sleep We All Love It but Never Get Enough of It

The Fitbit uses the accelerometer in it to measure how much you move at night and then can tell how restless you are. Giving you a pretty good picture of total time asleep be subtracting the time you were restless.

Yes, alcohol inhibits your ability to get into REM sleep, which is the most important part of sleep. Also, it has a quality that actually promotes wakefulness at first.