how long do you go with out a drink? ive been sober awhile and i still have weird dreams.

it causes me to be unable to sleep, i am going crazy

well it doesn't matter if I go a week without drinking, i have a weeklong of bad dreams. if i get drunk i dont

thats cause your mind is fogged from the liquor and your dreams arent as vivid

okay, I gotcha. I was just wondering if I was just an oddball,
maybe I won't have bad dreams if i skip watching the news

I used to have really violent vivid dreams when I left the Army. All to do with being really wired 24/7, then the pressure being removed all of a sudden (I was told). I drank back then to calm me down. I don't know but perhaps your really stressed or worried about something? Like me is that partly why you drink? Just a thought.

I have absolutely nothing to worry about, except how I'm gonna screw up if I drink, yet I still jump when the phone rings or someone knocks on the door. I see your point and it makes sense, what is the problem and why am i so nervous

Perhaps thats a problem in itself , fear of your addiction, fear of how it could hurt your nearest & dearest. Dreams where you get killed or comit suicide are text book guilt dreams. What do you think?

you may be on to something there

Had a crazy dream last night, but they are now few and far between, I remember in the early days I had them much more.

I think as the old mind settles down so do the dreams

Good Luck

I had those for a time they are called night tremors, they go away after awhile at least with me they did.I usually have good dreams now, but every once in awhile i will have a nightmare but no night tremors like before, they were bad.

forgot something, we have control over our minds, think happy thoughts as much as possible, it really does work, be positive and positive things happen.

Man this disease has so many side effects, it's unreal!! I always thought that the "Nightmare" thing was a problem of a different sort but it makes me feel better to know that eventually I may stop.

thanks mike, now I know what to call them.... since you told me to think happy thoughts, I will try to do so...there are so many bad thoughts going on in my head....(not killing anyone or myself) just beating myself up alot...I have to catch myself sometimes, I'll be saying you are nothing but trash, you stink, you cant do this or that...it really gets bad....but I will try to think happy thoughts...I saw a cat scan, of someone who was an alcoholic and someone who wasn't and there is definatly something going on in the brain of ours......so you reply makes perfect sense...thank you

this is a good topic. What is so weird w/ me is i have nightmares when my husband is w/ me, then when he is gone, so is the nightmares. LOL. ?? i don't get it. I do get nightmares when i overdrink, can't sleep the day after for a few days, then the nightmares kick in, but they eventually go away after staying sober for awhile. God bless you. I don't understand either & will keep reading your responses. Good job. keep smiling, maybe that will change your dreams! ??