High rate of insomnia during early recovery from addiction

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Insomnia is a 'prevalent and persistent' problem for patients in the early phases of recovery from the disease of addiction -- and may lead to an increased risk of relapse, according to a report in the November/December Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.