Three temporary "cures" for insomnia:

1. Think about carving a turkey. I patented (in my brain) this one back 6-7 years ago. Thinking about this (it should be a very Normal Rockwell spread) is so incredibly boring that you will immediately have very strange thoughts that turn into dreams and then you pass out.

2. Try to slow your heartbeat. Try to lull yourself to sleep. This one doesn't work but it seems like it would.

3. Take Ambien. This one will have you experiencing incredibly realistic dreams about animals attacking you or epic wars. But then you feel groggy when you wake up. After hallucinating for several hours that there were magical floating lights in my room and tiny people living in the woodwork (I tried to kill them leading to many splinters in my fingers) after taking it made me rethink this addiction.

Reading mysteries is good too after eating a big bowl of pasta. (See ditalini and digitalin).