Is it harmful to drink alcohol with sleeping pills?
You are mixing two drugs that have a sedative effect. One drug just happens to be in liquid form. That is like overdosing on sedatives and it could make you sleep very well at the least or it could kill you at the most. You are playing with fire. I understand having trouble sleeping and I myself have had a beer before bedtime to help me relax enough so I could sleep. I have been having trouble sleeping the past 3 nights and have myself been tempted to have a rum and coke (I really don’t drink, but on rare occasion, I do like such a drink to help me relax), but to be honest, the cost of the rum was so high (I didn’t want the cheap stuff) that frugal person that I am, I decided to tough it out. My son has chronic insomnia and I took him to the doctor for it. He prescribed sleeping pills that he can take when the problem is very bad. What was prescribed for him is pretty safe, but my son only takes it when he is desperate because he is aware of the dangers of relying on pills for anything
