tigerlover

I have 53 days sober today. But in my dream last night I drank a few beers and looked up and thought to myself, 'i wouldnt drink in real life, this is just a dream.. If i believe that im just in as dream, the dream will be found out and it will turn into reality.' So I played along like it was real life, knowing in the back of my mind that it's all a dream, just like I have every night.
It feels kinda silly to stay sober in my real world because once i go to sleep, im drinking again, i dont care if im drinking. I try so hard in the real world just to drink in my dreams, which feels like 4 hours a day. Ive got to stop dreaming about drinking because its defeating all my effort of being sober.

Ethos23

I do the same thing. I fell asleep for about an hour last night before being woken up and already had a vivid drinking dream. The thing that I notice, and maybe it is the same for you, is that I do not enjoy drinking in my dreams. I get no benefit from it at all, it is 100% negative. I don't feel drunk in my dreams, and the problems that arise are more pronounced than in real life. In real life there were only 2 or 3 others that knew of my drinking. Usually in my dreams I'm getting caught my a variety of people.

Just a thought . . .

Creekryder

Dreams do not necessary reflect our conscious world. (I have never been in school wearing only my underpants and no one notices. LMAO). In seriousness, I have had these dreams, only to wake up and feel relief that it was only a dream and my sobriety is still intact. I must admit, I personally have never put too much credence in dreams, my sober consciousness is my reality.

Creekryder

BTW, congrats on the 53 days, TL. Doesn't it feel good to know you have gone that far into your journey? Well done.

Stimmed

Its possible that you have 'hard-stamped' Sobriety on your mind, rather than just fit it into a new life. Its obviously important to you tho.
In early Sobriety i set out a number of things i wanted to achieve, and made them happen, i didnt want a ball and chain, for i knew i wouldn't move forward.

Hmmm... never dreamt about drinking... ever, that i can recall.

nandm

I have had many drinking dreams in sobriety. There were especially prevalent in early sobriety. Today I look at them as just a dream/nightmare whatever one calls what the unconscious mind does during sleep. I don't take my nightmares seriously so I can not take a drunk dream seriously as neither have anything to do with what I choose to do or not do during my waking hours. Just my opinion and experience though.

AW2486

I was told using dreams are normal for people in sobriety. I would get them to the point of waking up feeling hungover and scared. As time passed its been less and less.

Hang in there.

Dee74

Drinking dreams are very common.

For me I rationalised I drank for 20 years - it would be weird not to dream about it.

But I treat dreams as dreams - I shrugged them off and kept working on my recovery and everything turned out ok TL

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artsoul

I would think it's natural to have drinking dreams when we get sober, because it takes a lot of mental and emotional energy. For me, there was also a fear at first that I would drink again....... so I'm actually surprised I haven't had more dreams about it than I have (three or four in the first few months).

If you spend time worrying about them, it might actually increase their frequency........ (?) Hang in there - and congrats on 53 days - that's great!!!!

ReadyAndAble

Well TL, no one ever got arrested, lost a friend, ruined a marriage, or destroyed their liver by drinking in a dream. I think you should feel great for staying sober in the real world, because that's the world that matters. 53 days is awesome. I remember when escaping from alcohol seemed like a dream to me...

OklaBH

I have them too. Its disturbing that I think about getting drunk even when I'm asleep