Day 7-nightmares

Hi, I am having dreams/nightmares about drinking and feeling guilty at the same time. Just woke up and at the beginning could not understand, if I really drank last night or not, had a feeling, that I had a blackout. Now, when I am completley woken up, I now, that I did no drink. But that awful feeling, it is still here. Did You as well got dreams like that?
And then there is headache, two days in a row already…

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Oh yeah I just reached my day 272 and I still get them not as often but they creep up here and there. My best advice that had helped me, granted everyone is different is when I wake up from one I immediately go read a book. No matter if I’m not in the mood. I have really dived into reading since I got sober and even when don’t feel like reading once I pick up a book I notice hours will go by and it’s actually what I really needed to get my mind off it.
You got this! :heartpulse:

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It’s absolutely normal to have using dreams. Sorry to hear you’re having such a hard time even while waking up realizing you didn’t drink at all. I was just talking to someone about this tonight he felt the same way you are. You’re not alone it happens. As for me when I wake up from using dreams I’m scared when I wake up but when I come to my senses I’m always super grateful that it was just a dream and it just reminds me how much I don’t want to be loaded in that moment. I hope it gets easier for you as it has for me. Maybe take some medicine for those headaches.

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My librarian heart is so happy to read about reading being a good tool to not drink/use :heart:

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Thanks for Your experience, I do love to read a lot, and wathching movies/serials as well.

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It’s been the best and drinking took me away from it and when I re found it again it’s literally saved my life

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Thank You❤️

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Yes. I had a dream two nights ago that I hid drugs in my drawer and couldn’t wait till I got home to get high. I woke up relieved I didn’t get high yet disappointed it was a dream. :astonished::confused:

In my dream I was also hiding alco in bathroom and drinking when now one sees me :disappointed:

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Fortunately it was just a dream or nightmare.

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I have drinking dreams from time to time. Totally normal. And I had headaches and other post acute withdrawal symptoms off and on for the first couple months.
I’ll take these dreams over the God awful nightmares I had while detoxing any day of the week. It’ll get easier :v:

It is completely normal to have these drinking/using dreams (or nightmares i should say). I used to get them sooo often in early recovery but i have found that they do lessen overtime. Im at day 930 and i still get them occasionally but not like I used to. I find extreme stress during the day tends to bring them on at night. Thankfully they are just dreams but boy do they sometimes feel so real

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i used to get them about smoking after i quit smoking

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