I keep having dreams of relapse. They seem so real. I wake up grateful that it was all a dream. Last night was soooo real. I’m 148 days. Is this normal? Does anyone experience this?
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I’ve had a lot of using dreams over the years. People have all kinds of different reasons for them. But all I know is they are scary. But what I get out of them is the reminder that I don’t want to go back to feeling like that. I thank God immediately that it was only a dream. But I never want to forget the feeling so that I don’t go back to it!
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I dreamed of cigarettes for years after I quit. I dream occasionally about drinking now.
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Dreams are weird to me sometimes there good and some bad. I had a bad one the other day and it woke me up I picked up my phone and went on the NA app and read the just for today
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yes. me too. never ending. they feel so d*mn real
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I appreciate what you said here…the dreams remind me what it would be like if I relapsed. Thank you for commenting!
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Like so real it almost feels like an alternate universe lol yeah thanks so much for commeting
That happened to me as well I would walk up thinking I had relapsed but didn’t seemed so real it’s normal to have thse dreams a lot of people have them when getting clean
It happens to me all the time! You’re not alone.
I get these dreams all the time. I always enter the dream right after I had a drink, or the morning after drinking. Horrible feeling. Totally normal.
I use to get these all the time in early sobriety. When I get them further down the line it's usually due to some stressor in my life. Maybe take some time and reflect on things that might be causing you undue stress
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Absolutely normal. I woke up kicking my own a$$ 2 weeks ago for throwing everything away. Then realized I was in bed. And that's 3 years in. Your brain is now dumping years or repressed emotions. Learn to deal with them it will get easier
I had one to I had bought a bottle and I had it in a wagon idk how it got there but I was trying reach for it, I couldn’t grab it kept jumping n getting aggravated that I couldn’t get to it and when I finally TOUCH IT to bring it slowly towards me my bf walked up on my out of nowhere n my hands slip n back to square one couldn’t reach it ..Wasn’t meant to be for me 
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I’ve had them too and thankful it’s just a dream. I think it’s just our inner selves leering us know what it would still be like if we we’re still using. One day at a time. Stay strong and be blessed for the life you have now.
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Yes! I have them also. I understand drug dreams are pretty common in early recovery. Keep talking about them with your support network… like you did today!
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