blefuscu

OMG, I went to an AA meeting on Saturday and it was about chapter 12 in the Living Sober book, about rest being important in early recovery. Well since then I have been having drink dreams, waking up feeling really upset. I am exactly 2 weeks sober now and this is new to me. I guess though that if I am waking up feeling upset then that is better than me waking up feeling "meh" about it, right?

NEOMARXIST

I woke up this morning feeling terrible after having a real-vivid drinking dream. I get them pretty much every night tbh.
Feels so real in the dream and the feelings I had of guilt and anxiety about not being to help not drinking again were really powerfull. I woke up relieved it was only a dream as usual but it makes me more grounded in my sobriety as I felt no good feelings whatsoever about drinking in the dream, just very anxious.
I guess it's my subconscious going into overdrive as sobriety is constantly on my mind at present (33 days sober). The mind is a powerfull thing man.

Peace and Love. x

Taking5

Drinking/Using dreams are very common in early sobriety. I even had a fake hangover for 30 seconds or so until I realized I had dreamed it all.

This shows you how much our actions have warped our minds.

Sikkisirus

I don't get drinking ones but I get smoking ones still and I stopped smoking years ago. Cigarettes are nasty

tommyk

"I guess though that if I am waking up feeling upset then that is better than me waking up feeling "meh" about it, right?"

Exactly... take something positive from the dreams.

Also know that there is NOTHING you can do to eliminate the dreams.

Acceptance....?

ClaretandBlue

Those are pretty common. Mine stopped being very frequent after about two months, but I still get one every now and then. I just use that feeling of panic, shame and guilt when I wake up after one to remind me of how I would feel if I ever really did drink again.

Hang in there, dreams won't make you take a drink, only you can do that!

Ready 2 Rock

Yep, I have had these dreams and feelings of panic also. They are less frequent now (102 days), but just as powerful. Use it as a way to "...not shut the door on it." (the past).

CarolD

for those of you in very early sobriety.....you might find this
informational link interesting

Post Acute Withdrawl - Relapse Prevention Specialists - TLC The Living Center

Dreams? the longer I've been sober the less they happen.
I noticed an iinprovement in both frequency and intenssity
by the end of 2 months....

Congratulations to everyone for their sober time
Yes.....you too can find a healthy sober life

Jeb18

Yeah I've been having dreams of drinking. 2 weeks without drinking. Like taking shots and actually being drunk than getting caught by my parents not a fun dream. But than I wake up to reality.

Tosh

Oh yes, I had quite a few of these in the first month of not drinking; they were quite nice at the time I seem to remember!

I haven't had one since then, but I hear you do get them if you ever get anxious about something.

shaun00

very rarely i get them these days.

i get 2 huge emotional rushs when i wake up.

the first is complete horror and sadness and

within 5 seconds of realizing it was a dream im full of gratitude and happiness.

you cant control them.......just except what they are....a heathy reminder of the powerlessness.

digderidoo

I used to get them in early sobriety, i actually enjoyed them. I do occasionally get one now and i don't enjoy them at all now, it usually ends up with me asking myself why did i do it, why did i feel the need to drink and disappointed in myself for drinking, then i wake up....so i guess they serve a purpose.

Paul

tigers13

After 5yrs and 9months I still get an occasional drinking dream. I use them as a positive in my recovery...they remind me where I was at, and where I don't want to be again.

debs

Dang.... Well it's 430 in the morning and I'm awake beCAUSE of a drinking dream!

I've just started my second week and I've had a couple of drinking dreams but they were ones where I said no to the temptations...

Tonight, tho, it was one of those dreams that feels like they go on and on and on and on....

And while I did drink some vodka in my dream, the focus of the dream was ALLLLLL about hiding it...

The lies, the covering up, the desperate feeling of not wanting to be 'caught' and thereby 'ruining' my chance at 'getting drunk'....

It was so real it woke me up! And I've been sleeping GREAT the last couple of nights!

GAWD am I glad those days are over!

I'm grateful it was just a dream, and yall are right- it is a great reminder of why I have NO desire to go down that road ....EVER again...

NEOMARXIST

Just saw this thread and it just strook me that my drinking dreams have died right off, can't remember having one for a good few days now (40 days sober).

All good man. Peace and Love.

PS - Debs your doing really well, keep it up!!!

stone

I am about 2 months sober and still getting them most nights...VIVID ones. I am just glad they are only dreams!