Can I use sleep meditation every night or will I become dependent on it?

Using meditation nightly is a healthy sleep hygiene practice, not a dependency. You wouldn’t worry about becoming ‘dependent’ on brushing your teeth before bed. A consistent wind-down routine signals your brain that sleep is coming. Over time, the routine itself becomes the signal — you may find you fall asleep faster even without the meditation because your body associates the routine with sleep onset. That said, if you can never fall asleep without meditation and feel anxious when you can’t access it, that’s worth examining with a sleep specialist. The goal is building a reliable wind-down habit, not creating a new source of sleep anxiety.