ntb- this stuff is so common at SR being shared I kind of have my response down pat.
Drinking dreams suck. Dreams to me are the brain talking to itself and I overhear them talking. It is rewiring and rerunning old memories with new information. Do drinking dreams have significance? To me they do- it is DO NOT DRINK! When I have one- I remind myself that dreams, like memories do not hurt- only what I do now does that. To refocus on the day- I do the mindful bit- close eyes, touch a surface, take a breath or 2 and listen to the sounds around me, the smells etc.