Ever since I quit drinking three years ago, I've gotten a good night's sleep a handful of times

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Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia - Wikipedia

aims to improve sleep habits and behaviors by identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that prevent a person from sleeping well.

The behavioral problem that I have is that I can’t get more than 4 hours of sleep unless I get wasted, and I’ve tried melatonin, cannabis, hydroxazine, and trazodone

There is a regulated medication I have and success with called Belsomra that works well. Not cheap though, unfortunately (circa $1/tablet) - definitely cheaper than boozing it up every night though.
ambien doesn’t do anything either, one time i took 3 ambien and chased in with 10 beers and i was up all night

Well that sounds right… like I said, Ambien is counter-indicated for alcohol, combined they can cause euphoria which leads to abuse. Gotta chill on the alcohol, the meds work without it.

This is more and more sounding like alcoholism? Treat that first, your sleep will definitely improve.

I quit drinking three years ago. I’ve gotten drunk seven times since then and those were the only times where I got more than three hours of sleep. It’s all because my doctor prescribed me benzos when he knew I was binge drinking. I should have died a long time ago