Sober people: Do you ever dream about drugs?

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I had a bad habit at one point that got out of control and I had to go to rehab.

That’s been forever ago.

Also, I know for fact, I don’t enjoy my drug of choice like I used to.

It’s way easy to say no and just not want anything to do with it.

However,

I dream about drugs all the time.

And in my dreams, it’s like old times, so they’re fun and I’m excited about them.

When I wake up,

It’s confusing.

Do I have a lifetime of dreams like this to look forward to?

Is stress getting to me and maybe I want these drugs for real?

Does this happen to you?

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Occasionally I’ll have a dream about getting drunk. In A.A. they call this a “free drunk”, i.e. getting drunk without consequences. They’re regarded as harmless dreams.

That’s all I know :man_shrugging:

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Interesting.

I wonder if in your dream you have guilt about drinking or if it really is a “free drunk”?

I always hide and have guilt about it in my dreams.

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I think I may be a food addict. I’ve never dreamed about food though. Probably will tonight.

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I’m very skeptical of how we call everything an addiction now.

Like if you don’t have the will power to control it, it’s an addiction.

To me, addiction is when your mind and body are dependent, chemically.

Like you go into violent withdrawals without it.

But I don’t know, that’s just my perspective on what addiction is.

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Yeah. I get it. I’ve had problems with food since my mother got sick before she died. Idk.

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Maybe you are a food addict.

The good part of that label is there is a community out there for it.

Have you tried to get support on a food addict forum?

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Actually no I haven’t tried a forum. It’s a good idea though. Funny thing is before my mom got sick I was normal. I mean completely normal.

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Trauma does strange things.

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Idk. I know I have a chemical dependency on nyquil, from being given it every night as a child. I go through withdrawal whenever I have a dose. It takes a while to stop the withdrawals. But I don’t have any mental component, so once the withdrawal is over I don’t miss it ever. The mental component seems like a much stronger pull.

I am speaking as someone who doesn’t have a mental addiction to anything except coffee though, so I don’t have much to compare it to.

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You can definietly have a dependency without an addiction.

It’s like me and the benzos I have to take.

They’re not fun, I don’t take them for enjoyment,

They serve a function, but if I stop taking them I’m screwed.

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Yes all the time.

It was fun when I started doing them.

But I was 11 and didn’t really know any better.

They nearly finished me off in the end - both the drugs and the gang who supplied them.

Was not pleasant and the ‘friends’ I used with only stuck around for the ride to get a piece.

Literally some of the worst people you can imagine

I wasn’t one of those people, then I became one, and the courts rehab order fixed the problem.

Since I completed that order when I was 18, I have had one relapse when I was 23 and spent £1,000 on cocaine from cash I withdrew on a credit card

Not good at all, but it won’t happen again

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I don’t have dreams like that anymore. At 19 I used cocaine for a year. I quit on my 20th birthday. I’d say I dreamed about using for a couple years and then stopped. I have absolutely no desire to use it again.

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I have occasional nightmares where I get drunk and everything spins out of control. Nothing pleasurable about them.

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I dream about having a cold pint of guiness now and again, and then wake up thirsty.

But drugs, per se, not really - not even when i was dabbling in pot.

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I dreamt about “my drug” even before i began to take what is my specific drug of choice.

When i began to take the mentioned drug, the dreams stopped. Odd.

Now i have balanced use. I was addicted once, and it was boring. I will never get addicted again. Never.

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I have very frustrating drink/drug dreams. In them, I’m able to procure the substance but due to circumstances I’m never able to use them. Maybe they’re abstinence dreams.

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This describes the way i was dependent on nyquil very well. It was hell to quit. Now that I have, i cant risk it at all.

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I sometimes have dreams where I’m smoking a cigarette and spitting out a mouthful of ash and tar. Yuck! But sometimes when I dream I’m smoking it feels more pleasant.

Never smoked a single cigarette in my life despite being married to a smoker lol

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My drug of choice, if you want to call it that, was alcohol. Sometimes I still picture a beautiful glass of rye and coke, double shot, 3 ice cubes with a slice of lime. I would let it sit for a minute so the ice just began to melt, and then gulp it down in 2 or 3 swigs

My best friend was addicted to Oxycontin for a couple of years, and even though it has been 10 years since he used, he says he still craves it to this day.