Substance use disorder occurs when a person needs alcohol or another substance (drug) to function normally. Abruptly stopping the substance leads to withdrawal symptoms. Addiction means that a person has a strong urge to use the substance and cannot stop, even if they want to.
So it is important to maintain positive nitrogen balance in the body while sleeping. When you do and conditions are right so that your rate of protein synthesis exceeds your rate of degradation, and you maintain a positive nitrogen balance, you can grow while you sleep.
You pass through different phases of sleep in regular cycles during the night. The two main phases are: rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) sleep. You move through stages of non-REM sleep then into REM sleep and back again. Each full cycle takes about one to two hours. The sleep cycle Click on the image to enlarge it.