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Anybody else notice this when they quit drinking?
Posted on 7/16/18 at 6:49 am
Posted on 7/16/18 at 6:49 am
I quit drinking about a week ago for weight loss reasons. I was normally drinking 4 to 6 craft beers or a few neat whiskeys a night. It's probably been about 4 or 5 years since I have gone more than 1 night (and those were rare) without drinking. Enough to get a really strong buzz or be a little drunk. The last week my dreams have been intense. I'll wake up and have to try and figure out if the dream is over or not. How long does this shite last?
It's easier than I thought it would be to quit. I just stay busy. I also read before bed instead of watching tv, that seems to have helped. I think drinking was mainly a boredom thing for me. I was never late to work, driving around drunk, or any other destructive shite like that. I'm not morbidly obese or anything like that, just trying to get in better shape before hunting season
It's easier than I thought it would be to quit. I just stay busy. I also read before bed instead of watching tv, that seems to have helped. I think drinking was mainly a boredom thing for me. I was never late to work, driving around drunk, or any other destructive shite like that. I'm not morbidly obese or anything like that, just trying to get in better shape before hunting season
This post was edited on 7/16/18 at 6:53 am
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Posted on 7/16/18 at 6:51 am to celltech1981
nothing calms me down right before bedtime like a good book, some decaffinated coffee and a few hits of acid
Posted on 7/16/18 at 6:53 am to celltech1981
Maybe getting to work on time was the dream.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 6:53 am to celltech1981
Lucid dreaming with withdrawals. Doesn't last long.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 6:55 am to TheHarahanian
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Lucid dreaming with withdrawals. Doesn't last long.
you ain't right. It's actually because of the better quality sleep and may or may not continue.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 6:58 am to mikelbr
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you ain't right. It's actually because of the better quality sleep and may or may not continue.
Been there. Lasted about a week.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 6:58 am to mikelbr
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It's actually because of the better quality sleep and may or may not continue.
the sleep has definitely been better quality. I don't wake up to piss at 1 am anymore. I had a dream that there were coyotes after my dogs and I woke up and had to go outside to check and make sure it was just a dream.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 6:59 am to celltech1981
When you are drinking, you don’t go into REM (dream) sleep. When you stop drinking your body is catching up all of the lost REM that was missed but needed.
this was on a joe Rogan episode with a sleep specialist. It was really interesting.
this was on a joe Rogan episode with a sleep specialist. It was really interesting.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:00 am to celltech1981
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just trying to get in better shape before hunting season
Gotta be in top shape to sit in a deer stand
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:01 am to celltech1981
Sounds like your body is trying to readjust to life without booze and the weird dreams are just a result of such.
Keep it up dude
(non-alcoholic beer of course)
Keep it up dude
(non-alcoholic beer of course)
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:04 am to Upperdecker
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Gotta be in top shape to sit in a deer stand
gotta be in top shape to carry 60 lbs of gear up a mountain
i run every morning and now my runs are more difficult. I guess I don't have all the beer carbs to burn
This post was edited on 7/16/18 at 7:11 am
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:04 am to idlewatcher
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Keep it up dude (non-alcoholic beer of course)
thanks man, just trying to make some positive changes. I'm tired of waking up all foggy with bloodshot eyes.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:22 am to celltech1981
When you have drug induced sleep you don’t have rem sleep and when you sober up you catch up on all your rem sleep hence the dreams
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:22 am to celltech1981
Start getting some exercise. Sucks at first but you'll get used to it and it'll help you sleep. Helped me a lot. I was a full blown alcoholic though. Just made a year without.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:23 am to jkylejohnson
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Start getting some exercise. Sucks at first but you'll get used to it and it'll help you sleep.
Absolutely this.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:27 am to mikelbr
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It's actually because of the better quality sleep
I sleep great when I drink a bit. If I have a few and go to sleep 2 hours later than I typically do, I can typically still wake up at the same time feeling the same. I tend to wake up here and there when completely sober, but will be out cold the whole night with a few drinks.
I don't drink very often though.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:32 am to celltech1981
I'm no quitter
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:32 am to KG6
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nd go to sleep 2 hours later than I typically do, I can typically still wake up at the same time feeling the same.
Have you tried this without drinking?
I've also found sometimes going to bed a little later gets same or a better sleep.
Going to bed too early can actually make it worse.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:33 am to celltech1981
All that drinking and you've never driven after a couple?
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:38 am to Brazos
nope, I use the hell out of uber. Plus i live close to everything and usually started drinking once I was home for the night.
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