I can think of two ways to keep from drinking. If you take both valerian root together with melatonin, this works reasonably well. I have found that this is just as good as a prescribed sleeping pill. Also, you can purchase the Niquil with the small dose of alcohol, I think it is labeled as the “extreme” version. If you take a triple shot of this, it works well too. The very small portion of alchohol is greatly enhanced by the other drugs in the cough syrup. This also may work just as well as cannabis for your purposes.

Even though I do understand your situation, you do not need to use cannabis, which may be illegal in your state, or misuse alcohol to sleep. Now IMHO if the above does not work for you, then and only then would I consider your other options. Personally, if I were desparate enough, I would probably drink a glass of wine, taking care to avoid drinkining more than I need to in order to sleep. Now if I am an alchoholic, I would not touch the stuff for any reason.