Thanks Skeexyks: My VA therapist has educated me on mindfulness and breathing exercises. I have tried this but not in a consistent manner as you. The biggest stumbling block is the mental inability to stay focused on basically nothing. When lying in bed I find that when my breathing is deeper the more relaxed I am and thus less anxious when arising. The number of hours actually sleeping stays the same at four hours and get up and walk to the kitchen to look at clock. Whenever I do a walk about thru the apt my mind speeds up as does my heart rate and then comes all the critical and negative thoughts which prevents a return to bed. There is no doubt after years of insightfulness that I think too much. A trait that is good but is bad. As Poirot says it is the gray matter which is important. I have been able to discard much guilt and useless thoughts but exchanged it for isolation and solitude in an effort to defend my physical, mental and property. As time goes by my worst habit of smoking seems to be slowly coming to an end. I do believe there is a correlation between insomnia and smoking. Of course with COPD the breathing is harder. Oh well, seems as though I'm rambling. Thanks for listening and have a Merry Christmas.