The other day in A intentional meditation on intention and meditation, I wrote about some of the things I’d gained from the Waking up course. Here are some more. No Ambien First: no Ambien. I’ve depended on Ambien (Zolpidem) to help me sleep for maybe fifteen years. Bobbi called it an addiction. That’s rather harsh. I preferred the less judgmental term “chemical dependence.” Ambien didn’t affect my performance as near as I could tell. I just needed it to get to sleep.