Switching my smartphone for a sunrise alarm clock has stopped this sleep-killing habit in its tracks — now I’m falling fast again and sleeping through the night

The image shows a dark-haired woman lying in bed with an eye mask pulled up over one eye, holding a phone in front of her face. An image of a round and glowing sunrise alarm clock is inset in the top right hand corner.

I’ve been waking up with a sunrise alarm clock for the past three weeks and I’m already impressed with how refreshed I’m feeling at the beginning of each day. Goodbye mid-winter grogginess and hello simulated sunshine flooding my bedroom every morning.

Considering that I’m using one of the best sunrise alarm clocks of 2026, this hasn't come as a huge surprise. However, an unexpected (and very welcome) side effect of using a sunrise alarm clock has been finally kicking my nightly doomscrolling habit.

Here, a sleep expert explains why swapping smartphones for sunlight in the morning — and curbing my nightly scroll — is one of the best things I can do for my rest.

The sunrise alarm clock I've been using