One of the primary goals on the mind of a small business owner is ensuring scaling their business to greater heights. For the determined ones, they will be willing to give what it takes to achieve this. This might demand some hours of the night’s sleep from them, and they would not mind.
It is correct to say that about most of the determined small business owners are stressed and they don’t know how to care for their health. This is why their stress levels are up and they usually seek ways to step it down.
Typically, what happens when your stress level is up, and you don’t want to relax, is to resort to the use of substances to keep you active. This is why some small business owners focus on substances like drugs and alcohol to keep them going.
At first, to them, it looks like they are making progress and defeating stress. However, they will come to realize that the effects are just temporary. At that stage, they will seek to increase the amount of substances ingested for increased effects.

Some of them will even go to the extent of mixing these substances with other ones so that they can be fully satisfied. At this point, it is correct to say that these individuals have crossed from abusing substances to being addicted.
Small business owners need to realize that abusing substances is not the way to go, when trying to destress.
The best way to reduce your stress level is by undergoing physical activity and getting enough sleep. The issue is small business owners feel sleeping like the average human being will make their business crash.
One thing small business owners need to realize is, their health comes first. If their health is not in an optimal state, it would be difficult for their business to successfully run. Hence, by all means possible, small business owners need to learn to prioritize their health above anything.