Vivid dreams after I stopped drinking - strange dreams in sobriety

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  • @desrazor5635
    @desrazor5635 2 роки тому +28

    I'm six weeks sober, after 35 years of drinking heavily on a daily basis, and I just woke up from a very vivid drinking dream. It was very distressing, so it was a relief to wake up. I actually sat down and cried a little after I woke up, in a panic. In the dream, I was out with my family, as it was some sort of celebration. We ended up in a pub, and everyone was drinking, except me. I kept telling everyone that I don't drink anymore, as I watched them downing pints of lager and Guinness, and I eventually fled. I then went searching for a pub that was open, so that I could secretly drink, but every pub I came to was either closed or too full for me to get in. Then my late mum was on the phone, telling me to come home and stay away from the pubs. I am so glad it was just a dream and not reality, and I realise that it mustn't make me fall off the wagon. I mustn't let alcohol win.
    To update the above paragraph, I have just completed 100 days sober. If I can do it after 35 years of constant drinking, there is hope for everyone who undertakes the journey of sobriety.

    • @mxxe007
      @mxxe007 Рік тому +1

      You still sober Des? I hope you are

    • @86Sentra
      @86Sentra Рік тому +1

      sheesh dude proud of u

    • @420manonthemoon16
      @420manonthemoon16 Рік тому

      Hope you’re doing well!

    • @usafvet1641
      @usafvet1641 Рік тому

      Congrats brother! I know it feels really good. 🎉❤😂

    • @jenniferponce619
      @jenniferponce619 9 місяців тому

      This is great to hear! I have hope now thank you for sharing. I'm quitting fentanyl after 2 years of injecting it 8x a day every single day. I'm down to 1x a day, waiting to get a bed into detox. My body is so stressed out by it my blood pressure is off the charts. Scary high. I'm also a smoker, and have been on meth over 30 years. Long story short. My nightmares are so traumatic and vivid I wake myself up screaming. It's almost bad enough to want me to just give in and go back to drugs all day long. I want to live. I want to help others. Hopefully I'll be able to say I'm 100 days sober soon. Congrats to you and keep up the great work!

  • @vettechsrule
    @vettechsrule 2 роки тому +12

    I had that drinking dream and woke up expecting the hangover and the god awful thirst. What a good feeling it was to realize it was a dream!

  • @phillippoggi8080
    @phillippoggi8080 2 роки тому +16

    I am 49 days sober, and I’m having extremely vivid dreams. Some bad some good, most bizarre. I had brutal nightmares during withdrawal, solid sleep for a month and now crazy vivid dreams again.

    • @antj4324
      @antj4324 Рік тому

      ​@Playstation 3.50 going to look this up thank you!

    • @JamieWex
      @JamieWex 10 місяців тому

      My wife came into the bedroom to wake me up and I woke up completely in panic. She said that was the only time I’ve made that face. I don’t remember what the dream was, but I was scared

    • @dg9015
      @dg9015 3 місяці тому

      How are you doing now

  • @gybx4094
    @gybx4094 2 роки тому +11

    It can take many years for the brain to heal. Unfortunately, if may never totally heal.
    I'm almost 19 years sober. Your body and brain will begin to heal in the first year. After 5 years, you'll start to feel awesome. The longer you stay sober, the better your mind and body will become, especially if you get into physical fitness like swimming, cycling, walking, etc. The sober life may be a lonely life for many of us, but it's the highest quality life.

    • @stevenw.miguel
      @stevenw.miguel Рік тому

      That sounds more like you went back to your normal, neural constant prior to alcoholism. Your brain and body are amazing at returning to normal status. The issue is more in why you started in the first place, not why you aren’t healed. Therapy and SSRI’s do help, along with proper eating habits and getting a simple walk outta the house. You’re not alone my friend

    • @JamieWex
      @JamieWex 10 місяців тому

      It does go back to normal. Like the other person in this comment said, it’s more likely that your norm is wasn’t so great to start with. Thats why therapy is key

  • @JazzyArtKL
    @JazzyArtKL 5 місяців тому +1

    2.5 months sober after deciding to quit forever. It feels fantastic, but those dreams are vivid and real! Thanks for this mate!

  • @JamieWex
    @JamieWex Рік тому +7

    My withdrawal dreams last only about a day, but boy, they felt real. You ever see, Hellraiser? My dreams were like that. People hanging from hooks, being torn apart. In my dream, one of the people committing these atrocities looked up at me after being apprehended by law enforcement. He was on an gurney, but he had no eyes. He said he was just trying to “communicate with god”. I woke up terrified. I do not wanna live in that world. I was completely sweating. When your withdrawing, your mind makes up some dark stuff

    • @josegarcia-bz8ct
      @josegarcia-bz8ct 10 місяців тому +1

      I think the devil is mad that we are not consuming his evil spirits anymore so he gives us this awful dream to make us go back to drinking but this is only my fifth day and every day I wake up from this awful nightmare but I’m staying strong 💪 and this gives me the reason to

    • @davidian7787
      @davidian7787 7 днів тому

      Withdrawal dreams are the stuff of nightmares.
      I've walked through dark cities and seen the most awful things. I've withdrawn a lot, over the years, so I lay down in a sweaty mess and close my eyes to see what new hell I can walk through.
      I've been in freezing forests and seen a whole landscape burn, the dead nailed to trees or lying screaming in the mud, crying for help while they tore at each other.
      Unless you have experienced it then you can't possibly understand how twisted and dark it is. It's insanely brutal.
      It's not seeing hell, it's being there.
      I'm not sure you come out of that in your right mind.

    • @davidian7787
      @davidian7787 7 днів тому +1

      ​@@josegarcia-bz8ct
      How is it going?
      I want off it but I have to walk through the nightmare first.
      Tell me you made it.

    • @JamieWex
      @JamieWex 7 днів тому

      @@davidian7787 I know you’re not commenting at me but go to a detox clinic. They won’t shame you and the medications they use are highly controlled and will step you down. Alcohol withdrawal should never be done cold turkey. It can be fatal. Seek the experts, they’re there to help you

    • @josegarcia-bz8ct
      @josegarcia-bz8ct 7 днів тому

      Just drink warm milk at night and drink at every meal

  • @CCTH-86
    @CCTH-86 2 роки тому +6

    I always thought about the constant "drinking dreams" I'm still having, even though I'm currently over 7 months sober. So glad waking up knowing that they were just dreams, but I didn't realize that the brain was trying its darndest to readjust itself sober without any mind altering substances. Since I have a sobriety journal, it's time to start a separate journal - a dream journal! Got a ton of things to unleash on every entry.

    • @dg9015
      @dg9015 3 місяці тому

      I'm exactly the same 3 months in still having really deep sleeps

  • @bensbikex510
    @bensbikex510 2 роки тому +3

    Yes I'm gonna start my dream journal in the morning there is so much I need to unpack.

  • @JesusIsKing1979
    @JesusIsKing1979 Рік тому +1

    I am grateful for my vivid dreams because there can be lessons learned from them. For years now, I have been haunted by the same handful of dreams that repeated quite often. Since, I have quit drinking wine, the continuous loop of dreams have ceased and I am now having new dreams.

    • @stevenw.miguel
      @stevenw.miguel Рік тому

      Oh man, they’re frightening for me. So much fear and violence, and while I didn’t have a perfect childhood, it was basically a normal, loving childhood with some flaws like yet support like mostly anyone else. nothing taught me the terror those dreams had. NOTHING!

  • @xanderx8661
    @xanderx8661 Рік тому +5

    I’m 36 days sober from alcohol and marijuana and the dreams and nightmares are very intense right now
    Old friends, exes and traumas are erupting like a volcano
    Hopefully this doesn’t last too much longer

    • @JamieWex
      @JamieWex 10 місяців тому

      It does get better. Your brain is just turning back on and it’s readjusting to working properly. My hair started to come back in and my appetite is normalized again

    • @dg9015
      @dg9015 3 місяці тому

      ​@@JamieWexI'm having really deep sleeps 3 months clean

  • @slimero3039
    @slimero3039 Рік тому +3

    I’ve been on a 3 year drinking binge since I was 19. I was stationed in an area where 18 was the legal drinking age. The longest I have gone without alcohol was 3 weeks in that time frame. For the past 2 months I’ve been heavily drinking every day and it’s my 2nd day not drinking.
    About an hour ago I had this horrific dream. Im on a beach side and I suddenly get a very weird feeling overcoming me. My friend Sammie, who is an athiest, suddenly told me I need to pray for a woman. After this I hesitate and send an emoji of a statue and a man to him. When this happened I entered sleep paralysis and felt a vibrating sensation take control of my body. I began to pray and scream the name of Jesus and I woke up to a loud bang in the other room. I currently cannot fall back asleep. But I took this as a sign that I need to repent my sinful life and the first step is to quit my heavy drinking. Wish me luck. I will be attempting cold turkey after tonight.

  • @davidian7787
    @davidian7787 7 днів тому

    Withdrawal dreams are a vision of fear and hell.. They even come at you when you are half awake/semi conscious.
    I am reducing again but I'm afraid to sleep and walk into the nightmare. I lay down and know that hell is waiting. Towel over the pillow for the sweat, Berrocca for the vitamins and try to chug as much water as I can.
    It's a horrible condition and unless you have experienced it, you can't describe how bad it is.
    I keep quitting and will keep quitting until it's done or I am.
    My heartfelt hopes to all of you who are struggling with the demon.

  • @usafvet1641
    @usafvet1641 Рік тому +1

    Quitting drinking was the best thing I ever did. I can’t believe how much I loved drinking beer until I quit and it was like being born again.

  • @drielcap9150
    @drielcap9150 2 роки тому +2

    I only have nightmare dreams right after i drank like especially when im so hung over not usually not long they stop after my hang over goes away sometimes i learned to fight my fears in them one time i remeber tellin the ppl i that was trying to get me that i know this is a dream and started to tackle them and i knew i was alseep and was able to wake myself up anytime i wanted

  • @jorgeluis3102
    @jorgeluis3102 2 роки тому +1

    I am now about a month sober from both heavy marijuana use and alcoholism.. I get these extremely bizarre dreams about smoking and being drunk and in the nightmare I start to actually feel like I'm actually doing it and suddenly regret it and my roommate in recovery home would tell me I would talk about how I would say or mumble "I'm definitely getting kicked out of rehab" .. very bizarre and I would wake up extremely thirsty and hungry... But all in all, VERY glad they are just nightmares! 😖🙃🙌

  • @goodlessnaren
    @goodlessnaren Рік тому +1

    I had never had a drinking dream, but on actual detox when i slipped into a "sleep" i was in another live...i once was in a war zone and we tried to escape, then i met a girl that i like and we talked and i took her out, and then i was in a company were i was supposed to start and everyone showed me around.
    This is just a couple of examples which each felt like hours, just to wake up in a shock and it was 2 min later
    EDIT I can remember every second of each dream. The "common" dreams i forget

  • @mr.beefythecarnivore6415
    @mr.beefythecarnivore6415 3 місяці тому

    I wasnt drinking a buttload, 4-5 beers night. Not a little, not alot. I quit 4 days ago, and i had the most vivid and peaceful dreams last night. They were really cool.

  • @tyriongambly3134
    @tyriongambly3134 Рік тому

    On day 9 of no alcohol, dreams are wild. a lot have been nightmares or anxiety inducing dreams. I'm going to stay the course.

  • @Beh0ldas0n
    @Beh0ldas0n 2 роки тому +2

    I'm currently in withdrawal from alcohol and experiencing extremely scary vivid nightmares that are hard for me to tell if I'm dreaming and even to wakeup from them. I did research and this is what I found...
    Alcohol can cause an irregular REM cycle, called REM rebound. This applies to those who drink regularly and to those who don’t. That said, it more deeply affects those who have an alcohol use disorder. Alcohol withdrawal dreams are one symptom of the body and brain reacting to the lack of alcohol. Those with an alcohol use disorder experiencing REM rebound will have vivid nightmares that are hard to separate from real life.
    Alcohol can cause an irregular REM cycle, called REM rebound. This applies to those who drink regularly and to those who don’t. That said, it more deeply affects those who have an alcohol use disorder. Alcohol withdrawal dreams are one symptom of the body and brain reacting to the lack of alcohol. Those with an alcohol use disorder experiencing REM rebound will have vivid nightmares that are hard to separate from real life.

    • @Beh0ldas0n
      @Beh0ldas0n 2 роки тому +2

      @@Th3_Colony thank you. God bless you and see you through. 💓✌🏽

    • @tovisaikia.8520
      @tovisaikia.8520 9 місяців тому +1

      I'm two days sober and just tonight after trying to sleep after a long time I was able to sleep but those horrible nightmares keeps waking me up after couple of minutes. Whenever I try to sleep again those same nightmares keeps coming again and again... and really I feel suffocate in dreams too. Horrible experience. They only way to avoid those nightmares is to remain awake for the night.

  • @brianpitts922
    @brianpitts922 5 місяців тому

    I know this is older but great video ! can relate

  • @janmichelle5459
    @janmichelle5459 4 місяці тому

    17 years sober now. I once laid awake for 45 minutes with my wife at my back trying to remember the details of the previous night. Oh the gratitude when I finally realized it was a dream.
    Here’s a twist!!! I consider myself to be transgender. I presented as female frequently for 2 1/2 years. Even worked as female in retail for 1 1/2 year. Happiest time of my life. However I have lived as my biological self for over a year now. I now experience “dressing dreams” with the same super real feelings.
    I just thought this was interesting.

  • @Gem0674
    @Gem0674 Рік тому +1

    Just woke up shaking from a drinking dream but I didn't drink - I wanted to. 18 days

  • @Ghetto-toaster22
    @Ghetto-toaster22 5 місяців тому

    I used to dream all the time. For the past 8 years I completely quit dreaming, I guess the alcohol screwing up my sleep. I am AF for 11 months now and i Am FINALLY starting to dream again. I used to dream all the time back when I was younger. I still dont ever wake up refreshed, always extremely exhausted. I am hoping me finally starting to dream again is a good sign. Hopefully I start feeling more rested and not so exhausted since i am dreaming. I am ASSUMING since I am dreaming, that means better sleep. Just crazy it took 11 months. My dreams arent bad or anything, just typical dreams. Does anything think this is a good sign my brain is getting back to normal? This video makes it seem dreaming is a bad sign

    • @dg9015
      @dg9015 3 місяці тому

      I'm exactly the same really deep sleeps and exhausted still in the mornings with a heavy head

    • @Ghetto-toaster22
      @Ghetto-toaster22 3 місяці тому

      @@dg9015 i recently went and had my testosterone checked which was way low, prolly due to years of drinking. Hormones imbalance can definitely interfere with sleep so I am abysmal to start treatment. You should go get your hormones checked just to see. Male or female?

    • @dg9015
      @dg9015 3 місяці тому

      @@Ghetto-toaster22 hello, I've been a heavy drinker over 30 years I think it's my body trying to adapt back to normality. I had a full blood count recently liver enzymes were elavated so hopefully they will adjust too. My test level was 14.5 nmol/l around 405 ng/dL, which according to my GP is normal for my age ( 52 ). Not at optimal levels what I would like , but hopefully as time passes quitting the poison they will raise further.

  • @solitairestarr5516
    @solitairestarr5516 Рік тому

    I am only at day 4 of this current attempt to quit. My dreams last night were very distressing. I suppose it is suppressed grief over many years coming to the surface - I had these dreams when I was drinking to, but this time it seemed more detailed and every time I woke up I'd just go back there again. I call them the "where is Tony?" dreams, although sometimes it is someone else that I cared for and lost. Last night it also included the social bullying that was going on around the time and the impact that had on Tony and me....(fifty years ago!). I am almost afraid to sleep again! Do post traumatic stress sufferers who quit drinking get relive-trauma dreams too? I'm sure I will also dream of alcohol, I used to dream of alcohol even when I was drinking on a nightly basis. 😥

  • @MamiTT237
    @MamiTT237 Рік тому

    I saw an Asteroid! Like wow!!! I really thought it was real and the ground was lightly on fire

  • @dg9015
    @dg9015 3 місяці тому

    Im 70 days sober first 3 weeks was waking up at 4, 5 am now after 6 weeks dream are really heavy and sleeping 10 hours solid and cant get up in the mornings even at 9 feel really heavy headed after really deep sleeps

  • @alcoholicsanonymous-ku5mf
    @alcoholicsanonymous-ku5mf 9 місяців тому +1

    Yeah I dreamed I was in high school and and it was like a party cuz we had soda pop and beans but they're not open the can of beans and the girl was like this being smell bad but then there's a spider in the beans.

  • @FrankensteinintoFranken-FINE.

    I've not drunk alchohol for 72 days and defo dreaming more. Think alchohol damages your spiritual connection, pineal gland etc.

  • @lindsryan1087
    @lindsryan1087 7 місяців тому

    I’m 9 months sober and still have these

    • @Ghetto-toaster22
      @Ghetto-toaster22 5 місяців тому

      Congrats on 9 months. I am 11 months and I finally started dreaming again. They are just normal dreams though, not drinking dreams. I used to dream all the time back in the day but havent had a dream in 8+ years until I started dreaming again a few weeks ago. Your comment was 2 months ago so you should be at 11 months also. Since i started dreaming again, I hope that means my brain is starting to get normal.

  • @dannykelly7159
    @dannykelly7159 Рік тому

    3 weeks in and I dreamt I was crying because I finally got to bust my friend in America. And woke up tears rolling down my face lol

  • @AnnabellBaker-n1e
    @AnnabellBaker-n1e Рік тому

    I'm about 10 months sober I am having awful dreams still

  • @scriming
    @scriming 10 місяців тому

    what is vivid? from which milestone, point?

  • @ballistaproductions
    @ballistaproductions Рік тому

    i am so scared to sleep without drinking

  • @GTSongwriter
    @GTSongwriter 2 роки тому

    The volume of your videos is so low, had to hook up a speaker and increase the volume. I can't do that everywhere I go. I just happened to be home when I saw your video, otherwise I wouldn't be able to hear you!

  • @prometheus9547
    @prometheus9547 Рік тому +1

    I had a funny dream as I an trying to slow down on alcohol. I dreamed about a woman offering me alcohol and a threesome. 😂😂😂

  • @DonThaGoat94
    @DonThaGoat94 Рік тому

    My mommy told me nightmares come from eating snacky snacks late at night

  • @cheylou1
    @cheylou1 Рік тому

    can't hear you. poor adiou