shanman422

I'm sure many of you have had drinking dreams while your in recovery?! I usually remember my dreams right when I wake up and I used to have lots of bad ones. I must have jinx myself because a few days ago... I said to my Mother that I hadn't had any bad dreams lately about drinking, using , nor running from someone or something.

The last few nights I have had many. I have been sober for 119 days today, but in my dream I had gotten angry about something and decided to drink. (which in my drinking days, was something i did often... i would of course get mad at the littlest things to clarify to myself why I was drinking)
Once I realized what I did (in my dream) , I was so upset with myelf and couldn't stop crying. I stopped immediately, but quickly realized I had to start over at 1 day. I guess I really take pride in how far I've come and I was so disappointed in myself for giving into temptation. Fortunately it was a dream and I was so thankful when I woke up!

I have heard many times that your dreams reflect in some ways how you are feeling about something. Of course the person that I am is trying to analyze it and figure out what it means. I am very confident that I will not pick up a drink today, or in the near future.

I'm not getting this one for some reason. So for now... i guess I will just be thankful it was a dream and go on with my day... haha. But if anyone has any thoughts, I am curious to hear!

Happy Monday!

Shannon

Horselover

Wow Shannon! I had 3 nights straight of dreaming I had drank and it was SO real. I even felt that pang in my chest when I woke up only to realize it was a dream. I was so thankful! I'm a bit over 9 months sober and I have no idea why these dreams have "started" recently with me because during my waken moments I have not consciously been thinking of drinking. I don't have any desire to, but sub-consciously who knows. It is strange and no, I haven't figured it out either. Just thankful they're dreams and they give me another glimpse of what it was like. Don't want to return there.

yeahgr8

I would look at this as reminding yourself the awful consequences of having a drink for you! There have been a few threads on relapse and for me with my precious 4 months it isn't an option, i think that if i relapsed and slit my wrists then fair dos but taking a drink at a bar i mean cmon?!

I had a dream last night about money, i was at my mums and was trying to sell a house for 20k (in my dreams real estate is cheap) to get some money somehow my brother and i owned it! Anyways it ended up that i only had 3k and i was having to start over again! Been a vicious cycle in me whilst drinking making lots of money gambling and drinking it away back to nothing and repeat. So i take from the dream it is a reminder of why not to gamble anymore, man i could not do that start over again thing sober....shudder!

Bard

I still have dreams I'm in elementary school again. I'll start waking up thinking "WTF am I doing back in Ms. Bextmullers class??"

But yeah I have those drinking dream, and probably will have them for a long long time from now. I don't mind really. It's kind of a pleasant surprise when you start coming to and thinking "Oh no!! I blew it!!" and then realize it was all just a dream. And then followed up with a big sigh of relief!

Toomutch

I had a drinking dream 2 nights ago. The only thing different about this dream than the others I have had is that I didn't give into the craving. In the dream I was at the party with like every party friend and relative I have ever had. I also felt that peer pressure as if I were a teen. In the end however I didn't drink. I woke up feeling pretty darn good.

Fubarcdn

I know someone in Las Vegas that had this dream and they woke up and it wasn't a dream.

Dreams have nothing to do with reality. Every night I dream that I am getting some action.

Toomutch

Origianally posted by Fubarcdn:

Really now Fubarcdn.... Often times we do dream about things that are out of our reach.

mamabin

I had a dream last night that I drank with FUBAR

mamabin

Seriously, I had the drinking dream last night also.

shanman422

haha... you guys are so funny! Thanks for the great responses!

Rouxballs

I drank a 5th in my dream and got drunk big time. When I woke up I felt like I had a hang over a little.
That was the only dream I had about drinking that I can remember since being sober 80 days today.

ElChupacabra

While I've been off the booze I've never dreamed of drinking. Ironically the drinking related dreams I've had are when I've slept after a booze up and dreamed of doing things normally with normal energy, only to wake up and feel hungover and rough, which in turn makes me depressed!