Wakefield

Hey all, I'm sober again. I have been for 9 days now. Every time I go through this I have very vivid nightmares. I've done enough research to know it's a byproduct of the extra oxygen my brain is receiving. My question is how many of you have similar experiences.. I dread falling asleep to the point where I'm staying up very late thinking that it's better than drinking.

Dee74

I think it's very very common wakefield - certainly I experienced them for a while - but they did fade eventually after a week or two

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Wakefield

Thanks Dee. I've slept in increments and woke up stunned at how real my dreams have felt.

Dee74

They are incredibly real, but at 9 days you'll probably experience them less and less now

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Upwardspiral

Hi Wakefield, congrats on 9 days. I was having problems like that. I would lay awake until 4 a.m. and have crazy dreams once I drifted off. After about 2 weeks though one night I just felt exhausted at 9:00 and laid down and fell right asleep. I've been going to bed between 10 and midnight now and waking up before 8 a.m. no problem. I still dream about drinking but just think of them as reminders to keep my priorities in order. Hang in there.

Soberwolf

I had nightmares where they were all too real but like D said they did fade in time

jezza

Yeah, same here but I quite enjoyed them!! I like having vivid dreams even if they are scary!! I'm a bit odd like that.... They would normally pass after a couple of weeks but saying that I did have a drinking dream last night & I'm nearly a year sober... Just accept them, no reason to feel bad or guilty. They are only dreams.... Congrats on 9 days by the way... Keep up the good fight.

TroyW

Yeah, I get them as well. I've had some where I wake up, and wonder to myself, "how in the hell did my mind possibly come up with that?"

Last one was about a dozen large, strong, intelligent, talking cougars trying to break into my house to kill myself and my dogs. They were building ladders up to the roof, so they could get into through the bathroom window, and stuff. That was after I managed to get my dogs inside by shooting them with some automatic BB handgun thing I had.

sleepie

Hi Wakefield! Glad to have you here with us. I also experienced awful nightmares last winter on a sober stretch. They do go away.

PurpleKnight

Hang in there Wakefield!!

Definitely something that's very common but they will ease with time!!

Sasha4

I have trouble sleeping at times.
When I experience stress, I get very vivid nightmares.

I often use sleep hypnotherapy video's on you tube to help me fall asleep.
Some nights they work, some nights they don't.
Maybe you could try them?

Wakefield

Thank you everyone.

bigguyslimm

I know I had some bad dreams the first month I got sober. It slowly went away with time. Stay strong