Goofy Dreams

[Sam Handwich]

Night #3 AF dream:

Party type atmosphere, many old and new friends around a table, some are drinking, some are not. I'm not drinking .... I get up to do something and that feeling comes over me - like it has so many times in the past when I've been sitting in the same place drinking a lot, not moving much - I start to stumble, fall over, catch myself, knock over a few things ... everybody's watching me ... a galfriend says, "Wow, how'd you get so drunk?" I answer, "I'm not drunk, haven't had a drop ... it must be the medication!!" It was the most helpless feeling. I was embarrassed, but also thinking, "Wait a minute ... no one said this was going to happen!" Ha! End of dream.

I guess that's the brain playing tricks on me, like I'm not going to get a buzz from the supplements, but I'm going to get all the physical impairments of AL. HA!!

I have to say that the last 3 nights of dreaming sober have been ridiculously annoying, but I'm glad I can get a laugh out of it.

Hope all are well. Keep on truckin' (the beast is growing smaller in the rear-view mirror!)

Sam

[Doggygirl]

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Hi Sam Handwich! My dreams when first going AF haven't been all that wild, but had DOOZIES of dreams with I quit nicotine. I'm quite sure it has to do with the subconscious mind wanting a fix.

The funniest one I remember was opening a box of kid cereal, and the "prize" inside the box was a pack of my second choice brand of cigarettes, and TWO packs of matches. (why two????) I stopped having those crazy dreams after I think about a couple of months with cigarettes - and they werent every night for that long. Not sure how long the crazy dreams (if you get them) tend to last with AL.

BUT...I think it's great you are laughing!! That'll show the :alf: who is boss!

And :cheering: for your AF days!! Congratulations. WE CAN DO THIS!

DG
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[louise]

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Sam Handwich;343880 wrote: Night #3 AF dream:

I have to say that the last 3 nights of dreaming sober have been ridiculously annoying, but I'm glad I can get a laugh out of it.

Hope all are well. Keep on truckin' (the beast is growing smaller in the rear-view mirror!)

Sam

Glad to hear it!

[Marshy]

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Hey Sam,

I had a dream where I was at a party (a common theme obviously!) standing by a table full of drinks and a menacing Darth Vader type figure was looming over me and trying to make me pick up a drink from the table. I was yelling "No! No! I don't want a drink!"

I woke up with a start at 5am!

[vlad]

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When I was drinking I used to have crazy dreams about having giant vodka bottles at work and getting beer out of vending machines - but the other day since going AF, I had a dream that I was watching TV and covering my eyes and screaming 'Nooooo! Don't wanna see that!' as two people were drinking vodka and toasting! I'm getting there!!!

[Sam Handwich]

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Yeah, it's crazy ... I think that's the very first dream that I've ever had involving me being drunk; how ironic is that!?!?!

DG - when I finally quite smoking, I'll report on any dreams. Yours was amazing (2 books of matches? How many matches are in a book? Same amount as cigs in a pack, or less???)

Thanks for the support, too!

Sam

[Peanut]

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Oh the dreams. When I first went AF and went through some yucky withdrawl, I had some horrific dreams! Not to do with alcohol, but more bloody, goary, scarey dreams.
About those matches - up here in Canada, ciggies come 25/pack, but matches are only 20, so I always ask for 2 packs of matches. Makes sense to me, but the dumb clerks always need an explanation (damn non-smokers! ha! just kidding!!)

[CS04]

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Peanut, on a totally different subject -- you mentioned vertigo in a different thread (sorry, can't find the 1-30 right now). I've had a lot of experience w/vertigo; feel free to PM me if you want to discuss. (and vertigo is a bad dream in and of itself, except it's real!)

[IAD]

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I TOO HAVE HAD GOFFY DREAMS, THIS SHALL PASS ! IAD!

[Sam Handwich]

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IAD!

Perfect example!!!! I'd prefer dreams like "I Am the Walrus" ... maybe that will be my hypno CD before bed. Thanks for that chuckle ...

Sam

[Cinders]

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Sam,

However, You must play the CD backwards...

Love,
Cindi

[IAD]

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COOL...WELCOME ABOARD ! THAT IS A CIGARETT HE'S SMOKING, I THINK! IAD !

[Sam Handwich]

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Yeah, what McCartney called a "Jazz Cigarette"!!!

[beatle]

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I am the queen of wild, goofy dreams. I had them before I drank, I had them more intensely after I started drinking, and even more when I quit. Sometimes they have been scary, hallucinatory, but many times the theme has been the same: I'm looking for a bottle I stashed, but can't remember where I hid it. Wait! maybe those weren't dreams, after all.

[beatle]

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I kept dreaming I was looking for a bottle that I had stashed, but couldn't remember where I hid it. (Not much different from being awake =)