I still have them. I feel guilty as I’m dreaming. Like I failed. Then….. I wake up!!
Yes I’ve had the a lot when I first started recovery… I would wake up and feel so guilty… I shared this with a fellow member and he told me not sorry Kathy … they will get fewer as time goes on… and he was right … I’m coming up on a year the 24th… now sometimes I dream I’m out with people and tell them NO… and I wake up relieved… hang in there… they become less..!
Been there done that, but my dreams were more like night terrors. They felt real, where my fight or flight reflex would wake me up.
I’d have to figure out what happened and usually took a few minutes to realize, it was only a dream…and the police or drug dealers weren’t even after me. 
🫶🏽:joy:
I'm almost at three years and I still get them on occasion. I wake up furious with myself for throwing all that time away. The good thing is our reaction to those dreams. They upset us, they make us feel anger and shame. That's far better than if we woke up with a desire to go back. They are also good reminders of how easily we can drift back into a life that was destroying us. Sobriety takes constant effort no matter how much time you have.
Wow crazy that I just read this post. Yes I have had then and they seem real. Last night my friend had a bad one and she is still messed up. Her husband is in active addiction so she is constantly finding bottles hidden. I don’t know how she had drank from the bottles she finds. This proves how important connections are. 
I had a few reoccurring dreams like that in the first few months of my sobriety. I really thought I had screwed up and drank a couple times after waking. Before I got sober I was constantly having very violent dreams and I am glad those are gone.
Yes I have them and they feel very real. Scary they are
I have them. They always end up leading to me driving drunk sitting backwards in the car with no way to turn around. It’s effing terrifying.
Pretty frequently, even after an almost five year sobriety. It usually makes me grateful when I realize it was only a dream and reinforces waking sobriety though. It's much more frequent now after a 3 month stint but still feels more like a blessing after waking up. It definitely raises the blood pressure and makes for a rough "wake-up" lol.
Try to see it as a deterrent. Good luck
I have these dreams some are worse than others. I tell myself better to be drunk in my dreams than in real life. Then I meditate and put the dreams out of my mind.
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Yes! I had these every night for at least the first year after quitting. The good news is they get less and less frequent over time, in my experience. I think it’s the brain rewiring itself to a new normal.
I just got my license back and interlock removed and that night I dreamed I was drunk and pulled over. Woke up wanting to scream
Yes, I’ve had more of these dreams with cigarettes years ago when i quit smoking (i dont even think i smoked for a full year) but yes, the thought is usually “didn’t I stop drinking? sip” and then i wake up having a mini heart attack 
I read your post before I fell asleep and it must have snuck into my subconscious lol. The wild thing it was my head that was being used as a bowl and someone was lighting it up while riding a motorcycle and Portugal the man’s feel it still was playing in the background. I do have a killer headache lol and woke up with my heart beating out of my chest.
Yeah. Same here. Didn’t happen until after I was hospitalized. I get those dreams two or three times a week.
Check out Gillian Tietz's website/podcast called Sober Powered. She will have a episode on it. She's a recovering alcoholic and has a wealth of information on her site. Prayers always 
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Yea I was shocked the 1st time it happened but apparently are normal 
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Yes, been there several times. Not fun
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They never go away, just happen less often! You’ll awake as if you need to tell on yourself that you just drank! It’s absolutely normal and natural, just take it as a huge sigh of relief that you awoke sober and journal it down if you can remember and maybe dissect it. Mine usually happen when I’m in serious emotional distress and just need to let it out.
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