smoking in my dreams

gavini

for the first time in at least a week or so i had a smoking related dream last night, these keep happening and wanted to get some thoughts or feedback from others of what you think this might mean or what i can do to stop them from happening.

they have taken several forms so no two have really been alike. last night i was going in to a bank to change my address (i moved about 18 months ago and this does still pop up so thats not too odd) and there was a woman smoking - doing a prolonged french inhale - near the entrance and was really enjoying it and i was staring at her and thinking about how good that must feel for her and that i would like to join her but i didnt actually think about joining her and i walked passed and the change of address plot continued without thinking about that woman again. in the dream i wsa not able to find the right place to go in the bank (which was a very oddly set up place, didnt resemble a bank at all and there were no people anywhere) and i finally found a person at a desk and told them my need to change addresses, but then i started emptying my pockets and didnt have anything with my new address on it so he said he couldnt do anything without a bill or something as proof of new address but if i just wanted to move my address by a couple houses they could do that, but not all the way across town to my new address without proof.

when i wake up from one of these dreams i really want a cigarette and start thinking about having one a lot more seriously than i do at most any other time, it was that type of scenario that played a role in breaking my resolve a few months ago when i had quit for a 10 days or so.

in some of the dreams i have had a couple weeks ago i was smoking in the dream or was asking someone for a smoke.

anyway, i am rambling a bit here but any thoughts on this?

these are my current stats... 46 days, 18 hours, 19 minutes and 46 seconds smoke free. 468 cigarettes not smoked. $129.25 saved.

Learning2LoveMe

I think it's common to have dreams of smoking. I've had a few and I know others who have quit who have them also. I think it's just a way for your sub-conscious to deal and re-program after having that habit for so long.

Usually in my dreams I have a cigarette and realize "what are you doing? you don't smoke anymore" and I become overwhelmed with feelings of guilt, shame, and anger for having done so well and screwing it up. And then I wake up freaked out and have to re-trace my steps to make sure I didn't actually have a smoke (but of course unless I sleep drive to the store to buy some there is no way that I did smoke :laugh: )

suemar74

I think every ex-smoker has had smoking dreams. I would get so far into quitting this last time...the one I knew was going to be successful...and I would have a dream where I was smoking. When I woke up, I felt relief when I realized it was just a dream and I didn't really go back to smoking.

It sounds like your subconscious is acting out the fact that something is different...something has changed. And it is making you feel like you're missing something, or you're unprepared. Remember how you would feel when you accidentally left the house without your cigarettes and lighter? Kind of out-of-sorts...maybe a little panicky? Is that how you felt in the dream when you didn't have what you needed to change your address?

But you're not missing anything. Don't let the dream fool you. You're fine...you have what you need now

Did you ever tell yourself..."If I could go back to before I started smoking, knowing what I know now, I'd never start."?

Consider this your opportunity to have that chance.

CnocNaCu

I think it's common to have dreams of smoking. I've had a few and I know others who have quit who have them also. I think it's just a way for your sub-conscious to deal and re-program after having that habit for so long.

Usually in my dreams I have a cigarette and realize "what are you doing? you don't smoke anymore" and I become overwhelmed with feelings of guilt, shame, and anger for having done so well and screwing it up. And then I wake up freaked out and have to re-trace my steps to make sure I didn't actually have a smoke (but of course unless I sleep drive to the store to buy some there is no way that I did smoke :laugh: )

This is exactly what I am going through: smoking in my dreams and dreaming about feeling guilty, as if I had let myself down. When I wake up I'm sweating and feeling sooooooooooooo guilty. It always takes a while to realize that I haven't smoked at all. Then I'm really relieved and think: Oh boy, am I glad I'm not smoking anymore. I am convinced that now that the nico-demon can't fool me during daytime he tries to get me in my sleep ;0)