CheeseQ,
i've had very few of those over the years, but yeah, i've had them. and found them very disorienting, usually not being able to tell for a few seconds after waking if that really happened, because even in the dreams i'm panic-struck and horrified and don't know what to do now that i drank again and i wasn't going to and how can i hide this but no, i wasn't going to hide any more and...BAH!
always a relief to become conscious that it was just a dream.
but sounds like that didn't happen to you, and instead you were left with and now suddenly I have leftover feelings of wanting to drink.
feelings of wanting to drink will likely come up, dream or no dream, and it's a good idea, i found, to give some thought to what you'll do when those feelings come up. so that you have options of distraction, or sitting with the feelings, or ...
what did you do with them today?