Almost five months and I still have dreams about using. I know I’ll prolly have them off and on my whole life. But am I the only one that gets them to the point it makes you shake. Like sometimes I wake up and I’m just a mess for the first few hours. It’s exhausting. I really don’t wanna have to deal with this bs my whole life. It’s bad enough I work at a motel where drugs are everywhere, but to dream about it it’s even worse. I rather have crazy nightmares then the dreams I’ve been having. Most of it is about crack and crack wasn’t even my d.o.c so it’s like wtf… Uhhhh FML any advice
2 years sober of cocaine and I still have dreams of doing fat rails. Fuck sometimes I’ll get a smell of something and it will literally feel like I just did a gummy.
It sucks just wish it would stop.
I almost posted this same thing this morning! I had a dream last night that I was at some kind of music festival and I was supposed to get to know these sisters who are djs and for some reason that required drinking in a bar with a couple of fans before I was allowed go meet up with the ladies. WTF?!?! I could taste it and smell it and feel it. Then later in the dream I still hadn’t met the sisters and it was closer to the day I was going home and BAM! That fxking guilt and shame and anger hit like a ton of bricks. It was so intense I woke up, bolt upright, and couldn’t go back to sleep.
I’m seven and a half months clean. I really hope this doesn’t continue to be a thing. It SUCKS!!! Sorry your dealing with it too lady! Hopefully it gets easier.
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It’s ok I’m sure in time it’ll get better 
I sure hope so. Waking up with the taste and smell of booze is not how I want to start any day!
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Right. I wake up feeling like A zombie for hours just thinking about it. I don’t want to use anymore and I doubt I’m going to ever again but damn
I have them occasionally now. I guess about once every couple of weeks. I’m always so happy to realize it’s just a dream, not reality. Sometimes I think it’s my subconcience asking me “so what would you do if you had to make this choice right now?” In my dream I always use, so I guess that’s the answer. Maybe we should try to smash the drugs/booze in our dreams, and they would stop!
Maybe I’ll try that and see if it’ll work. Uhhh but yeah that definitely makes sense
I am completely new and I actually just wanted to see on a counter visually anyway what my time has been. I have a bit of time under my belt and I realize everyone is different but you express concerns about dealing with these dreams forever and I personally don’t have them anymore. I did occasionally the first year or two but now I don’t. I think it’s going to get better but talking about it definitely helps. Glad to know there are others that deal with the same things I do or did. Keep positive it’s not reality and you can shake the feeling when you get a clear head after a dream like that
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Thanks nice to know it does get better
Im 13 months clean right now, and I have had many using dreams. One thing that really bothered me was when I would 1st wake up, I felt happy cuz I had scored pills. But the next minute when I realized it was just a dream, I felt disappoined. That messed with my mind big time and I felt guilty. I talked about it a lot with my counselor. She assured me that this is normal and not to beat myself up. Over the past few months, my using dreams involve me turning down pills that are offered to me. And, those dreams are very gratifying!!
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It gets better over time, it takes a long time till it does though. I’ve had the craziest dreams that would start off normal, then take a 180 degree turn into me waking up thinking I stuck a needle in my arm and relapsed. I’ve had a dream where I was making a pb&j, but was out of peanut butter so I thought the next best thing was Percocet. Just keep in mind that what your dreaming is your subconscious craving that substance. Hang tough and don’t let using dreams get you down.
Its a freebee wake up happy u aint high and sont gotta live like that no more
My dreams have troubled me, but I’ve only had a few that I can remember. I know I’ve had some that I don’t remember by the way I wake up, but those ones I shake pretty quickly. I think the thing that gets me is the way I start questioning every little thing after one I remember. I know that the issue I have is distorted thinking. I really don’t need to beat myself up for something my unconscious mind comes up with. Especially since I know I’m never going to use again.
Overall I guess I’m fortunate that this doesn’t happen often. And that even when it does I get better at handling it every time. 