Avice

Most of us have them. Here's mine:
I dreamed I was at a party, and someone offered me a drink. I was angry at this person because I had told them that I wasn't drinking anymore. This anger led me out into the back yard where there was a case of beer overturned on its side with a couple bottles left in there. I was so upset that I went straight for the case and pulled out a bottle. It was empty. I really thought it had been full! I pulled out another one. Empty. That's when the panic started to set in. I was literally clawing at the case trying to find a full beer, but all I could find was soda. I said to myself: It's all gone. There's none left. I woke up feeling awful.

I couldn't stop thinking about the dream the next day...and that phrase.

It's all gone. There's none left.

I thought about drinking that day...just a couple. I thought I could handle it. Then I remembered:

It's all gone. There's none left.

For some reason, that became my mantra for the day. And the next day.

I picture myself walking past a row of bottles knowing that they're not mine. They're reserved for someone who will buy them in the future. Maybe one of those bottles will be consumed by someone who will drink it all in one shot and end up hung over, tired, and hating the world. That bottle doesn't belong to me. I picture all of those bottles containing a ghostly substance - something that can be consumed by others in the future, but not by me in the present. It helps me to imagine these things. It's comforting in an odd way.

LBrain

It's all gone. There's none left.

Could also come across as a disappointment. Think of it as It's all gone. I'm done with it.

For there will always be somewhere that it isn't all gone.

Mountainmanbob

it is amazing how we dream about booze sometimes in sobriety

with 6 years sober I still do occasionally

I have not thought about a drink in many years
but, I may have those dreams about drinking at times
because I'm very involved in Recovery
keeps it all fresh on the mind
MM

Soberwolf

I remember something very very similar

I was like why are you acting like this you know I don't drink the way you are right now is upsetting me

This person was very drunk in my dream/nightmare and I wasn't

Completely relate

PurpleKnight

Yeah, dreams can get pretty wild in Sobriety!!

Hang in there!!