the smell of alcohol + a weird dream
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the smell of alcohol + a weird dream
The other night I went to a sporting event. Normally I would drink a few beers at this sort of event but I was sort of glad not to spend the money on $7 beers.
What was weird though was that the people a couple of rows down were drinking beer and I could smell it. I guess it's a bit like ex-smokers being particularly sensitive to the smell of cigarettes.
And the dream...I went to a business function and everyone was drinking celebratory glasses of liquor. It was a cultural thing in another country so I felt really awkward refusing. In the dream, I smelled it, almost took a sip, then took a bit in my mouth and washed it around...then spit it out and surreptitiously dumped the drink in a plant. It was really weird though, I could taste the alcohol in my dream.
Anyway today is day 50 and so far so good. I realize 50 days isn't that long but it feels like forever and an instant at the same time.
What was weird though was that the people a couple of rows down were drinking beer and I could smell it. I guess it's a bit like ex-smokers being particularly sensitive to the smell of cigarettes.
And the dream...I went to a business function and everyone was drinking celebratory glasses of liquor. It was a cultural thing in another country so I felt really awkward refusing. In the dream, I smelled it, almost took a sip, then took a bit in my mouth and washed it around...then spit it out and surreptitiously dumped the drink in a plant. It was really weird though, I could taste the alcohol in my dream.
Anyway today is day 50 and so far so good. I realize 50 days isn't that long but it feels like forever and an instant at the same time.
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Originally Posted by Stevie1 
Yay for you!
I haven't had "drinking dreams" but I know from experience that vivid dreams about smoking cigarettes are extremely common when quitting nicotine.
I haven't had "drinking dreams" but I know from experience that vivid dreams about smoking cigarettes are extremely common when quitting nicotine.
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I actually WENT to a business function where I was the guest of honor and in a culture where everybody drinks.
"Oh, won't you just try a little? It's so good! Your doctor will understand!" Note that I will probably NEVER see any of these people again, so literally NOBODY would know but me.
Sheesh! Talk about extreme sobriety training ground
"Oh, won't you just try a little? It's so good! Your doctor will understand!" Note that I will probably NEVER see any of these people again, so literally NOBODY would know but me.
Sheesh! Talk about extreme sobriety training ground
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Originally Posted by ZZworldontheweb
I actually WENT to a business function where I was the guest of honor and in a culture where everybody drinks.
"Oh, won't you just try a little? It's so good! Your doctor will understand!" Note that I will probably NEVER see any of these people again, so literally NOBODY would know but me.
Sheesh! Talk about extreme sobriety training ground
"Oh, won't you just try a little? It's so good! Your doctor will understand!" Note that I will probably NEVER see any of these people again, so literally NOBODY would know but me.
Sheesh! Talk about extreme sobriety training ground
Wow, so what did you do? What country was it?
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Originally Posted by Reset
Anyway today is day 50 and so far so good. I realize 50 days isn't that long but it feels like forever and an instant at the same time.
I have a lot of dreams, and I still have drinking dreams. They scare me, but I try to remember they are still just dreams. I would find it weird if I didn't have dreams about it, considering how emotionally distressing drinking became for me those last few years.
I know what you mean about the smell. I never noticed it when I was drinking, but now booze is unbelievably pungent if I'm around people who are drinking.
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Day 50 is cause to Celebrate!
Oh.....And I'm more than 'sort of' happy not to be paying 7 bucks for the 7 beers I would have had to have! It's like an added benefit.....50 bucks not leaving my pocket and no nasty hangover...or nasty memories!
Again, Congrats on that sober time!
Oh.....And I'm more than 'sort of' happy not to be paying 7 bucks for the 7 beers I would have had to have! It's like an added benefit.....50 bucks not leaving my pocket and no nasty hangover...or nasty memories!
Again, Congrats on that sober time!
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One "revelation" I had in my sobriety is that *gasp* not everybody drinks at sporting events & concerts and those the do only have a few drinks!
Guess I had tunnel vision, focusing on the other drunks, thinking it was normal/acceptable to have 10 beers @ $7 each. Sucker...
Guess I had tunnel vision, focusing on the other drunks, thinking it was normal/acceptable to have 10 beers @ $7 each. Sucker...
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after 15 months, i sometimes still have very vivid drunk dreams. i always wake up extremely shaken up and very upset. mine are never of me taking sips..it's always grabbing a gallon of whiskey and chugging it in front of my family.
i usually get them around anniversaries.. i'll be glad when i don't have them anymore.
i usually get them around anniversaries.. i'll be glad when i don't have them anymore.
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