- When I smoked weed, I slept for 5 - 6.5 hours a night- Since I quit weed, I sleep for 6.75 - 8 hours a night- My REM sleep has greatly improved according to my smartwatch- Other than quitting weed, I attribute my sleeping better is accepting that I will wake up in the middle of night- I read a blog post on this by @CriticalMAS that talked about this- I just accepted that I may not go back to sleep and not to worry about it- And lo and behold, I eventually do fall back to sleep after 30 - 60 min