purdy
goodgirl |
bad dreams of using meth again
I have been clean now for 8 months. My partner and
I quit at the same time and our lifes have never been
better. My problem is, I keep having nightmares of using meth or my
boyfrind using. I wake up in the middle of the night in a cold
sweat. The dreams always seem so real. Is this normal? Does
this demon ever go away? |
| Replies... |
| vctry7 |
Re: bad dreams of using meth again
I had bad dreams every night for the first 3-4
months. After that it was about once a week until I had been
clean for about one year. I would wake up in a panic. Now, they
only happen about once every two or three months. They will get
better, just hang on. |
flower
child
80744 |
Re: bad dreams of using meth again
yep..I had them too..all the time for the first few
months.after the first year they got better..now i seldom have
them (22 mos clean) I think thats pretty typical. |
Tender
heartsKS |
Re: bad dreams of using meth again
Even after almost 16 years, I still have dreams
like that occasionally. I always wake up feeling out of sorts,
for lack of a better term. I used get really upset about it, but
not as bad as I used to. My sponsor told me that was my brain's
way of dealing with stress, and I do find that those dreams do
occur for me when things just seem to be extra challenging for
me. Better in a dream than in real life! ((((((hugs)))))
PS. I did have them a LOT the first couple of years! |
mdfaz
alea |
Re: bad dreams of using meth again
I've been clean just a little over a year and I
still have using dreams...to tell you the truth I welcome them
and know that its a part of my recovery and to tell you the
truth...I like them. I just love dreaming...PERIOD!
heheh...cause I use to never dream before. |
purdy
good
girl |
Re: bad dreams of using meth again
Its funny you say that because now that I think
about it I cant remember dreaming when I was using, Is it that I
dont remember or that I wasent dreaming? |
nine
years
clean |
Re: bad dreams of using meth again
Hi sweetheart, and congratulations on your clean
time!!!!!
You know, I'll be clean 10 years in a month or so, and I STILL
have the using dreams.
Mine aren't so much ME using, as they are my exhusband (who was
my co-addict) using and flying into the violent rages that he
was sooooo good at when we were together.
And mine have increased in frequency since I came to this board
almost a year ago.
Just know that they are normal and in time, depending on each
individual, they will subside.
They cannot hurt you, of this I'm sure. |
forget
suzette |
Re: bad dreams of using meth again
I never considered using dreams bad dreams..
....I always thought they were freebees.
then, I got where, I'd never get to do any,I was just trying to
do some all night, there was always a hole in the bag...or
something.
...............very frustrating.
I quit 6 years.
...then the last relapse I had, brought me to new levels of
wreched.
I was homeless, I lived like a cockroach..
.......I lost alot of things that matter to me.
it hurts so bad..
....the dreams I have now, are'nt about speed.
they are about how and where i was on speed, and what I left.
they are dark, and I'm wading thru speed freaks apts piled high
with pieces and parts of crap that was disassembled..
....waiting for the new dope in a room full of crack whores and
dope fiends...
.....me leaving my art and photos, and taking tiny clothes i
can't even fit in now.
*sigh*
really...
....you'll be OK.
just don't go back.
no the demon stays.
....it gets bigger if you feed it.
and stays the same if you don't. |
purdy
good
girl |
Re: bad dreams of using meth again
In my dreams there is always huge ammounts of
meth,and Im telling everyone I dont do it any more, But it keeps
turning up every where. I try to hide it or get rid of it but
more of it showes up.I never actually do the drug in my
dreams.but I always wake up in relief that its only a dream. |
eyes
open83 |
Re: bad dreams of using meth again
Quote:
Is this normal?
what is normal?i had those dreams every time i managed to sleep
for the first 3 months,i hardly slept for the first t3 months
and a big part of that were the dreams,i was scared to go to
sleep because of them...
normal?some people have them some people dont...
i know they are awful but there only dreams,they will get less
and less in time...hopefuly soon |
