[H.G.P.]

......"went to my scuba class came back ate dinner and crashed again without thinking about it... fell asleep in the recliner ...."


Similar here, would eat dinner (6:00-7:30 PM) , fiddle around then doze off. Solved by gradually substitiuting this "early" "doze off time period" as recognition for my full nights sleep period instead. As soon as I recognized the "doze off" period starting, I would shut everything down and climb into bed, and use this time for my full night's sleep instead, (as best I could)

At first, might sleep/doze at around 8:00 PM at night, and wake/rise at around 3:30-4:30 AM at dark.
Then gradually modified this by "incrementally advancing" the "fiddling around phase" alittle more until the "doze off period" was advance to around 9:00 PM, and wake around 5:00-5:30 AM. Worked! And better prepared me for the day. So now I go to sleep "early" (not "early" anymore), and am up at 5:30 AM just before dawn. Full energy during the day, more productive, (afternoon nap much shorter needed, if at all)

(Up here bright and ready to go at 5:30 AM.)

Well, that's my personal story on this. (excuse the "wordi-ness")