KeepTruckin

I had a dream, not where I drank, but where I was in a bad situation tempting me to drink. I dream vividly most nights, so I've had these dreams before and, man, can they be stressful. Anyone else have trouble with these? Do they ever go away?

Gearing up for a nice, sober weekend around the house. Got plenty of cleaning and stuff to keep me busy, as well as a cartoon and board game date with my husband tomorrow night. Happy Friday all! And if you are a server like I was for so many years, have fun making that money this weekend

ScottFromWI

Yes, these dreams are very common, especially in early sobriety. Remember though they are simply dreams - your mind is getting used to not being sedated all the time. And most likely they will decrease in intensity and frequency over time. Have a great weekend, sounds like you have some good plans.

Soberwolf

Congrats on day 5 KT dreams nightmares will fade i used to suffer nearly every sleep problem going but
it has calmed right down in sobriety

alaina742

Yes, on day two and already had one. So happy to wake up!!!

Alynn

I've hand plenty of those. I do believe they fade with our strength in sobriety

Mentium

I have always dreamt a lot. Alcohol tended to dampen things down a bit, but I would dream late in the night when it was wearing off a bit - usually unpleasant dreams too.

I think that at least to begin with we sleep less deeply when we quit as we are used to being basically knocked out when drinking! I know the few hours I got the first two or three nights were more like half waking, half sleeping jumbles of thoughts, dreams, impressions and scary semi half asleep pseudo-hallucinations. Fading now thank goodness!