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Slow wave sleep disorders (SWSD) are unwanted nocturnal behaviors that affect 2% to 5% of adults. 1 The role of alcohol in the pathogenesis of SWSD is controversial, 2 and it has recently been removed as a trigger for these behaviors in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, Third Edition (ICSD-3). 3 We undertook an audit in our patients with SWSD (n= 126) to examine for association between alcohol and SWSD. A questionnaire reviewing lifestyle factors and triggers that might affect symptom frequency and severity was mailed to patients meeting ICSD-33 criteria for non-rapid eye movement parasomnia, identified through a clinical database at our tertiary referral sleep center. Formal ethical approval was deemed unnecessary because this was an audit and questionnaire-return implied consent. The overall response rate was 31%(n= 39). The mean age of responders (40.7±12.7 years) compared to …