In the very early days of my sobriety I remember the horrible nightmares I would have. I think it was my mind trying to get me to give it a drink. “If you drink these will go away”. In time they diminished or I got control of my dreams. The dreams I hate but try to find strength and understand in are the drinking dreams. I feel guilt while I have the dream and when I wake up I feel relieved that it wasn’t real. I’m sober for 2 years and 3 months but just the other night I had one. In the dream I wouldn’t share beer with my dad who was an alcoholic and I was trying to convince my mom that it was okay because it was my cheat weekend and not my dad’s. When I woke up I was very happy that it was just a dream but I had that feeling of being hung over for about 30 minutes. Anyone have this happen? By that the feeling of hangover.
Anyway I just found this way to communicate with other alcoholics and I think it’s great because my work schedule keeps me from making all the meetings with my home AA group.
In my first few days of sobriety, I recall waking up in a disoriented panic after dreaming I was drinking with an old party buddy while reminiscing about my old sober days. Thankfully those dreams have tapered off. Now I’m grateful to be sleeping more peacefully than ever. Congratulations on over 2 years of sobriety. It’s good to have you here.
Still have a dream like that sometimes, but they are seldom. I found some explanation about it years ago, here it is:
So I keep that in mind when I have one.
Thank you both. I’m about to head off to bed. I will sleep soundly. I wasn’t sure how this app worked and it’s nice to know that there’s another way to talk with others. I will be sure to share this with my home group. It’s also good to see why myself and others might have these dreams.
I have had these dreams and yes I’ve woken up feeling just like I used to with a hangover. Very foggy, sluggish, headache. It did pass pretty quick but weird nonetheless.
Thank you all. I just got up. I remember having a dream last night that I was in the military. My unit was in Montana and they wanted me to drive a side dump semi. I tried telling them that I can drive it but my backup is crap. Anyway far from a drinking dream. Those sneak in and I relate it to alcohol being cunning, baffling and powerful.