Dreadful Drinking Dreams
Left the bottle behind 4/16/2015
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Dreadful Drinking Dreams
I've had several over the past week or so. They are always realistic. They always involve hiding the drink, panicking over drinking again, and what I'm gonna have to endure again to quit (because even in my dreams I know I can't keep drinking anymore). Actually, in the most recent dream, which happened last night, I didn't even drink. I just had a partial bottle in my possession. It was a Sunday and the liquor stores were closed. I knew if I drank what I had, it would get me drunk, but then I'd definitely need more. And then there was all the worry over starting the madness all over again, withdrawal, the possibility of not living through it... So, I woke up before even taking the first drink, but the emotional turmoil had me all out of sorts. It sure doesn't make for a good start to the day!
But the fact that they're only dreams is a relief!
But the fact that they're only dreams is a relief!
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If you search 'dreams' you'll see this is not unusual. I have the theory that the drinking dreams happen most to those who really want sobriety, who see it as as serious goal, and are worried about failing.
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I agree with Feeling Great. When I quit this time, the first time I had a drinking dream (for me it's always that I've just gotten drunk, and I spend the whole time thinking "when did I decide to do that? what do I do? how could I throw my sobriety away?") I was almost in tears of joy over it after I woke up. Because I'd had a whole string of incredibly brief quits leading up to it... that dream told me that I wanted this 100% this time. Enough that getting drunk in a dream was terror-inducing!
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