Just had a using dream, woke up terrified. I’m so thankful I’m not the same person I use to be when using drugs and drinking. Do these type of dreams happen to anyone else? I’m a tad freaked out.
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They creep in now and then. Yet, just dreams. It’s your brain getting rewired. Just keep doing that sober path and they get far and inbetween. They mean nothing.
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They happen sometimes. Get honest with your sponsor and sober friends. We're only as sick as our secrets
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I drink in my dreams often, I’m lying I’m hiding, I’m doing everything I used to do, I wake up so scared and then immediate relief, it’s a good way to use it as a tool to stay on track! Good luck to you on your journey! 
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Happens to me at least once a week. I’ve heard it’s pretty common early on. Always so happy when I wake up sober!
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They creep up occasionally and yes can be scary but waking up and realizing it was just a dream and not connected to my current reality makes me laugh about it after in that it will never be true.
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From time to time. They feel so real when they happen though it’s unsettling
I sometimes get pretty vivid relapse dreams where by the time I realize I’m not safe, I’ve already relapsed. In the dream I feel such absolute grief that I relapsed and it feels so real. Now that I’m 13+ months sober and I’ve had opportunities to relapse, I feel really grateful for these dreams and for the grief I feel over it. When I’m tempted, I can remember that grief and know that no substance will bring me the peace that recovery will.
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Happened to me a lot early in recovery. I have 18 months now (recovery since 2019) and I very rarely get one. I know how shocking they can be. It will be ok. 
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I've been clean 54 days and at the beginning I would dream bout smoken and I figured it was cravings or ect. But now I still do not as often I like to believe it signifies me leaving it behind me . Well that's how I see it
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I get those every time and then myself. They're tough to deal with. They tend to romanticize the very few times i enjoyed what I was doing. But that's all they are... dreams. Wake up remember today is a new day!
Dreams are interesting to write about in the morning and consider that it’s the brains way of trying to process information
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I feel it. I have had them that felt so real I had to question if I actually did relapse. The other day I had a dream that seemed like a using dream but I turned it down in the dream which had never happened.
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Nightmare it not real
I’ve had them too.
I don’t mind the occasional drinking dream. It’s the only place I can do it!
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I get them from time to time. They are awful but I think how many years I was getting trashed & it makes since to dream about it. Just like anything you do a lot in your life good or bad u will prob. Dream of it. I wouldn’t worry to much about it. Embarrassingly I actually had one so intense I peed my bed. Sooo gross!!
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I have them constantly. I don’t give them the arena too much. Just thankful I can get all my drinking done and over with dreaming rather than reality.
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Dreams and nightmares are often our brain's way of processing and dealing with things we havn't worked out yet.
I sure do