Can't Sleep Bad Dream

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11-23-2012, 01:03 AM

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MycoolFitz

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Can't Sleep Bad Dream

Of being shot it actually hurt. Sobriety is not so easy. It involves more than not drinking. It involves thinking and feeling and being.

11-23-2012, 02:07 AM

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ACT10Npack

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You can't die from dreams. Try to find ways to relaxing.

11-23-2012, 02:10 AM

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lastchance84

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I had lots of bad dreams about dying or almost dying when I first stopped. After about to weeks it improved. I think a lot has to do with what you do right before you sleep. Reading helps me. Hope it gets better for you.

11-23-2012, 02:31 AM

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meoaks

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What you said about being sober involving thinking and being not just drinking really resonated with me. I have been having more vivid dreams (due to PTSD) now that I am not drinking myself to sleep each night. I often wake up as I used to in a cold sweat, totally alert, the usual inability to sleep afterwards. Now I just try to write down the dream and I find that process more calming and sleep inducing than just trying to push the experience away which is what I was trying to do with opiates and after that alcohol in the first place