sglt,

Oh yes indeed, it happens to me as well, but moreso when I was "active" in my addiction. Usually after a rough night, blowing way more that I had to spare. I'd wake up anxious, run to my purse to count my winnings. To my dismay, the papers in my purse were not $100 bills....just 6 or 7 ATM/ cash advance withdraw slips...not a lick of green paper anywhere!

Thank goodness those nightmares have subsided in full for me.

Be well, stay strong...

Love Tagg

Thanks, replies also make me feel a little better

I fell asleep with the news on and I probably heard the Powerball ad, and that might have made me dream about it as well.

i have those dreams quite often which can lead me to slip up :/ i understand how you mean about being so real as they are normally on things i played in the past, its strange i managed to quit cold turkey and 6 months later suddenly i had these constant dreams about winning then i slipped and spend loads believing it must of been a sign although that was only kidding myself it was obviously a sign that only in dreams can you win loads but in reality the gambling places are there only to make money not give it :(

I have these all the time too, same thing, I win jackpots in them. Of course the dream ends before I put all the money I won back in. I've only been GF for 5 days so I can't say if the dreams will stop or not. They are definitely a huge trigger for me.

Hi Sglt,

It has happened to me a few times too, so you're not alone on this. The first dreamI had I woke up fast and was so relieved I didn't gamble! The next one was more involved....there was a woman playing my "favorite" machine....she lost alot of money & got up and left. I sat down and played and of course since I was dreaming I won a very large jackpot....as the machine is going off with bells & whistles the woman who was playing the machine before came back....she started yelling at me that that was her jackpot....that she just left the machine to go to the ATM to get more money.....she was a raving lunatic....and then I woke up and I realized that I could have been that woman....dumping a couple hundred in one machine, going to the ATM for more money, coming back to someone else winning. Thank God this was all a dream but you're right....it seems so real. But, of course, it is a dream because you never win big jackpots....and if you do we gamble it all away anyway.

I am so glad I havn't had one these dreams in awhile! Whew! Hopefully you don't have anymore either! The gambling boogie man in the closet LOL...check under the bed...LOL

Big Hug,
:o) Cathy

Since I work at the Casino I dream about gambling a lot.

There's no way I can control my Dreams but I can certainly control my action.

Frankly, I had way more dreams about gambling before I stopped, but it makes sense to have them- gambling addiction is so powerful and the fact that gambling became such an important part of our lives would seem to make it impossible to not dream of it.
I've had guys that are in GA for 10+ years that have said they've had a random dream of two and it scares them a bit.

Yes. I had dreams about playing the slots. I would feel betrayed by my own mind. It was maddening. I don't really have them any more.