drunk dreams
I get them too sometimes. While I am drinking in the dream I feel like crap. Guilt, shame, remorse etc. I take it as a good sign that even in my subconcious mind I know that drinking is no good.
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when I wake up from one, I am immediately grateful to be sober. Someone once told me a drunk dream is a freebie...you imagined you drank but didn't. With time they come less & less in my experience. Best of luck!
I think drunk dreams are a sign you are on the right path. They give your subconscious an outlet for the drinking urge and help you wrestle with the part of you still wanting to drink. Soon, you might have drinking dreams where you don't drink and are conscious of having quit. Those can be interesting.
My counselor said the same thing that bryangt mentioned. When I told him I kept having dreams about returning to drinking, he said "consider it a freebie.. you go out, experience the drunk, the shame, remorse etc, without actually having to, if anything it only solidifies your recovery". I still have them, 4 years in..
Funny this topic came up today. I had a drunk (or was it sober) dream last night? I'm a little sketchy on the details but only remember people drinking around me and I wasn't. Needless to say, I woke up pretty relieved.
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This is true to my experience! I still get them from time to time and am grateful to wake up safe and sound, even if it is a little scary! I think that it is very common.
Yes indeed, I feel they are a freebie too - I don't have to trash my sobriety to be reminded of the guilt, the mess, and then briefly the hangover horror upon waking our brains are reassessing their focus. That's great I reckon.
I get them in waves. I'll go months without them then have one every night for a week. I'm not sure they coincide with anything in particular, but I don't particularly like them. I am glad I have them - the shame/remorse/guilt/hatred for myself I feel in the dream is so real, and I still feel it when I wake up - it reminds me why I quit and how I felt when I did.
I have only had 1 so far, the relief when I woke up was immense and reminded me how much I don't want to get drunk!
It's most certainly not weak, I just put it down to the fact that I put a lot of thought and effort into not drinking, of course I'm going to dream about it occasionally
It's most certainly not weak, I just put it down to the fact that I put a lot of thought and effort into not drinking, of course I'm going to dream about it occasionally
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