meditation is a great way of finding inner peace.  lay on your back & try to erase everything from your mind.  i usually concentrate on  black dot.  it's always there for me.  my background color seems to be always red.

if my mind starts wandering i go back to this dot & eventually doze off. 

another good way to doze off is put your tv on low & find something boring to listen to.  doesn't take long to nod off.  reading helps also.