First Drinking Dream
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First Drinking Dream
I had my very first (and so far, only) drinking dream a few days ago. Before having it, I'd wondered why I'd never had one. So many people have them. I thought maybe I wasn't processing being sober far enough into my psyche or subconscious, or whatever. Lo and behold, I then experience one finally.
All I really remember is that I was living in an awesome, gorgeous two story apartment that had really tall ceilings... like maybe 25 feet celings (I'm sure my power bill would have been outrageous!). I was in the downstairs and poured a glass of red wine... probably pinot noir or merlot. It was in a nice big fat red wine glass. Threw it back and drank a big gulp of it...
What is significant in this dream is that it was such an automatic behavior for me. I didn't "think" at all... just robotically poured and threw it back. Only after I drank it did I realize... and then I felt bad. Realizing I'd broken my stretch of sobriety without any thought whatsover about doing it. That's what bothered me... not so much that I drank it, but that I did so automatically and without a thought, mind was blank, nothing.
Then I woke up.
All I really remember is that I was living in an awesome, gorgeous two story apartment that had really tall ceilings... like maybe 25 feet celings (I'm sure my power bill would have been outrageous!). I was in the downstairs and poured a glass of red wine... probably pinot noir or merlot. It was in a nice big fat red wine glass. Threw it back and drank a big gulp of it...
What is significant in this dream is that it was such an automatic behavior for me. I didn't "think" at all... just robotically poured and threw it back. Only after I drank it did I realize... and then I felt bad. Realizing I'd broken my stretch of sobriety without any thought whatsover about doing it. That's what bothered me... not so much that I drank it, but that I did so automatically and without a thought, mind was blank, nothing.
Then I woke up.
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I never worried about drinking dreams Jennie...I did marvel at their level of reality tho.
I just considered them some kind of subconscious cleaning out of my brains 'temp files'...after all I drank for a long time....
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I just considered them some kind of subconscious cleaning out of my brains 'temp files'...after all I drank for a long time....
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Originally Posted by SoberJennie 
... not so much that I drank it, but that I did so automatically and without a thought, mind was blank, nothing...
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