Zube

My first week in AA, while traveling with 3 other alcoholics to a speaker meeting, I was warned of "alcohol dreams". I had yet to have one, but was forwarned by the other 3 in the car that I most certainly will (they all had, and some still have).

Well, last night I did. I dreamt that I was at an old friends house from highschool, and there was sort of a reunion of friends going on. All was well until I was offered a shot of whiskey, and took it. Shortly after, I recall slamming some beers, then actually coming back from a blackout in my dream, confused, looking for my coat, and knowing that I F***ed up and drank. I felt miserable that I broke my sobriety, but came up with a plan that I would tell people "It's like learning to ride a bike, if you fall off, you get back on and try again"... I still felt ashamed.

Then I woke up. It took a few minutes before I had realized that I had not taken a drink and it was only a dream. I got out of bed, got on my knees, said the serenity prayer, and thanked God that it was only a dream.

I know it was only a dream, but man was it powerful! Anybody else experience these "alcohol dreams"?

52 days sober, 24 hours at a time, with the help of God.

Zube
November 21, 2010

hopeless2day

My problem is, I have dreams about bar scenes, people I see, talk to and I don't know if it really happened or did happen.

Drinking does strange things to our chemical make up, takes time to undo this mess.

Congrats on 52 days!

Giraffe

The first few nights after I stopped I drank every night in my dreams. I would forget that I had quit, drink, then realize what I had done and feel incredibly ashamed and hopeless.

I haven't had those dreams since. I imagine these dreams are common but I hope they don't come back.

Giraffe

Nikkle

Congrats on your sober time Zube! I have 39 today. A while back, I saw a post about drunk dreams. I hadn't had any, but about a week later, sure enough, I did. I think it must be a natural subconscious thing for some even if the suggestion hasn't been planted by another. My dream focused around the anxiety of knowing I was going to fail a pee test and have to start my 90 day recovery program all over again because I had picked up a beer without thinking and drank 4 big swallows before remember I had quit. Yep, I was so glad to wake up and realize it was only a dream! Unfortunately, I had insomnia for quite a while after that. Last night, I finally got a little better sleep, but still woke up once in an unknown panic of sorts. On the bright side,it's good to know even my subconscious cares!

FBL

I've been sober for 18+ months now and, as time goes by, those drinking dreams have become much less frequent and have decreased in intensity.

CarolD

There are many threads on SR about this....do a Forum Search
if you are interested.....
sure...I've had them too...the longer I stayed sober...the less they happened.


Way to go on your sober time Zube.....

leo21

The first three months I had about three or four just like what you describe, and so happy when i woke up!!

Untoxicated

I can relate Zube.

I'm at day 88 and I just had my first alcohol dream last night.

It was mostly the same dream over and over again almost all night long.

I was hanging out with a buddy and we were partying and drinking. I would wake up (in my dream) the next day hungover and be so pissed and scared that I broke down and drank. I felt the hangover, the guilt, everything like it were real.
Sometimes during the dream I would wake up from that dream (a dream within a dream) and realize it was just a dream and feel relieved but then the other reality would happen - the drinking and partying with the same buddy.

This happened over and over all night last night - it sucked.

There it's on "paper" - kiss it alcohol!

Reset

Last night I had a dream that I confessed to someone (sort of a random person I know) that I had a problem and was changing my life.