Never fails. I wake up every night/morning around 3:30am or 4:30am on the dot from really bad bightmares since i quit drinking. Hate the feeling of being alone wirh all these thiughts from them and them feeling so real. Dies anyone experience this?
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That sounds terrible - so sorry you are going thru that! I'm just over 4 months in and still regularly have "drinking dreams" and they're never happy ones. PAWS is serious. Take care of yourself!
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This is your time to use this as opportunity to speak with God. Youve been isolated to draw nearer, not as punishment. Opportunity. Take advantage. And listen too.
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Thank for this I really appreciate your insight
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Yes Lina, I still have night terrors - have had them since I was a child - tangled up with abuse and addiction - however, they are not as frequent and I pray, look at positive affirmations and try to clear my head of negative thoughts before sleep - if I do have them, I have the gift of saying “Thank God, it was only a dream!”
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I feel that....drunk or now sober almost 30 days i too without fail up at 330am....some bad dreams still but mostly bad thoughts keep me from sleep
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I like that mindset to thank God and it was just an awful dream. Thank you for this
Yes. My dreams went from completely weird when I was in treatment and taking trazadone or seraquel to having lots of drinking dreams now that I’m off meds 5 months later. At times they are so lucid that it takes me a minute to realize they weren’t real. I try my best to spin it into a positive as a reminder to start my day with a prayer and meditation and to reflect on why I’m taking this journey.
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Nightmares are common in the early stages of recovery. Talk with your Doctor, there are medications that can calm down the nightmares.
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The safest place to use is in your dreams
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They get better have ffaith
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That’s why I workout in the morning. I wake up 330-400 from bad dreams every day
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I think Ed V said it best when he said use the time you up and immediately say the serenity prayer and ask for guidance from your higher power
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Yes, and all too often, drinking dreams that are soooo realistic, waking, worried I relapsed!!!
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I still have addict dreams. I believe it the devil/ addiction still tries to still try to destroy us and steal our peace.
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You’re spot on about it’s take a min to know if that was real or not. Someone mentioned the prayer earlier I like the meditation idea I am still kind of getting used to doing both so this might be exactly what I need to do to keep growing! Thank you
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Last nights dream was I said I could be a “social drinker” and was drinking in my dream I woke up sweating terrified. The thought of actually drinking again scared the heck out of me so good point on that
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YES!!! So sorry, but relieving right??
Im 37 days sober today and I have nightmares every single night of relaping and it feels so real but the feeling of disappointment is so strong. It really sucks bc I won't sleep bc I'm tired of dreaming that same thing over and over. But sleep is very important for my recovery. But what helps me is praying to God asking for strength, and finding a sober community to go do sober activities having sober fun. Also maybe a therapist might help by being able to help you understand the dream. saying positive self affirmations before bed sometimes help me also. Listening to music that makes you happy while sleeping. And sometimes even talking a minute while laying in bed thinking of as many positive or funny moments in your life before falling asleep really helps me. But I call my sponsor every morning and process it with him. I hope one of these help you. Stay strong and remember it's just a dream it's not real.
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Once you walk through the doors of AA, you're no longer alone.