The smoking dream

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (Renee) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:21:31 GMT

Just wanted to say I have had 2 smoking dreams also.....within the 1st month of my quit. They were very strange. Last night I had a wierd dream about an old friend that smoked, she still smoked but I did NOT in the dream. woohoo

Luckily I had read about these smoking dreams HERE and was not suprised or threatened by them Thanks again FREEDOM!

Renee - Free and Healing for One Month,...

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (ThePanster) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:40:41 GMT

Freedom...you must be deep in my head!

Like so many, I get this dream a lot. What is so weird is that so many of us are having the same dream--I mean, the same theme and the same horrible feeling about losing our quits. I wonder if the common thread is connected to the other common thread we share--the great education we get here and the focus on the fact that as addicts, we all know that one puff = all.

In past quits, I also had dreams about...

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (EtherBunny73) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:36:00 GMT

I had the smoking dream last night.

In my dream, I smoked with a girl that I knew when I first started smoking... Very strange, I hadn't though of her in at least 15-17 years. Hopefully she has quit too.

In the dream I kept thinking "Why am I doing this?" and I kept looking at my hands thinking that they smelled bad.

It's odd how so many of us have this dream.

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:19:00 GMT

If you had imagined yourself smoking a cigarette in a dream before you quit it would not have registered. Smoking was an every day occurence.

It is what you did, it was how you lived - dose to dose.

Now, when we show up in our dreams & we are smoking it does not mean we want to smoke a cigarette or use some tobacco, it only means that was a normal activity for quite some time during...

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (pdquit) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:36:00 GMT

I had a different kind of smoking dream. I had a dream it started to snow and there was a blizzard coming. So I jumped in my truck and headed for the store cause I was out of cigarettes. I was kinda in a panic and I drove like a maniac to get there. I ran into the store and up to the counter and then I stopped and laughed and said "Wait a minute. I dont smoke!!! I turned around and left. I take that as a good sign that I am strong enough and determined enough to make...

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (AbOlivigail) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:02:00 GMT
The smoking dream I had around week 2 was amazing. Not good amazing, but amazing in it's realism. As a previous poster mentioned, I felt worse than awful when I suddenly realized that I was holding a cigarette in my dream, and that I had apparently been smoking it. It took me a few moments to realize that it WAS a dream when I awoke. The great thing is, thanks to that bizarrely realistic dream, I now know exactly how it would feel to "give in" and take a puff.

Jenny -...

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (joeb769) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:57:00 GMT

I'm glad you've set up a forum for sharing info on dreams about smoking. I've had a few of these dreams lately, and like you said, they seemed very real and were unsettling when I woke up. Each time when I woke up, I was just certain I'd been smoking, but it was only in my dream. But when I'm awake, and I realize that I only smoked in my dream, I felt so much better to learn I hadn't blown my quit!

I'm now 10 weeks...

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (RJW118) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:14:00 GMT
Had a bad one the other night on about day 45 or so.

Dream of smoking within a dream of not smoking, dreamed of waking in the not smoking dream, upset that I was smoking in the non smoking dream.

I finally woke up, took a while to sort out out why I was not tearful which I had been in the non smoking dream when I dreamed I lost the quit.

weird, but still free.....

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (jakki8368) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:20:00 GMT

i have woken this morning after having a 'smokers dream'. i must say that it did un steady me slightly - not so much the fact that i had dreamt of smoking - this forum and website has educated me to the possibility of it happening - but i was amazed at my feelings during the dream.

The way the dream went, i had accepted a cigarette without remembering i dont smoke - this is one of my fears and i find i am constantly thinking of not...

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (LadyScorpio1) — Tue, 29 May 2007 22:16:00 GMT

I'm on day 37 of not smoking and I'm not having using dreams but I am having VERY weird dreams...Just really weird and they have just started in the last week or so...Has anyone experienced these? Is it because of quitting smoking?

Suzanne - Free and Healing for One Month, Seven Days, 21 Hours and 15 Minutes, while...

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (dennyb2) — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:22:00 GMT

Joel starts off this thread informing us:

"The smoking dreams are common if not universal among ex-smokers."

I for one have had many of them thus far in my journey here at Freedom and I agree with one and all they are very vivid and I dare say nightmarish.

However, I believe the smoking dream experienced by those of us who participate in this worldwide community of Freedom...

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (ldnicolai) — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:52:00 GMT
Thanks so much Roger. After I had my dreams/nightmares about smoking and wrote about them I felt much better!
I feel even more confident now that I know the reasons behind the dream! Yay for my lungs healing!!!!

LaDonna. nicotine free for 12d, 17h and 51mins. I've not smoked 191 cigarettes and have saved $57.38. I will enjoy 15h and 55mins more of my life! Thank You Freedom!

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (Jacqui672 Gold) — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:56:00 GMT

Too funny! I had a crazy smoking dream last night! I was smoking for a few weeks. It was utterly bizarre! Must be a full moon.

Ten months, one week, five days, 1 hour, 56 minutes and 5 seconds. 12723 cigarettes not smoked, saving $3,499.34. Life saved: 6 weeks, 2 days, 4 hours, 15 minutes.

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (Sal GOLD) — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:17:00 GMT

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Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (Brandon) — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:25:00 GMT
I had a bunch of these dreams in the first couple of weeks, then they went away, but I just had another one last night. The dreams are all different except the smoking. Every time it happens exactly the same way. I start smoking, without even realizing it. About halfway through I freak out and realize what I am doing. I feel devastated, and I feel that it is so horribly cruel and unfair because I didn't consciously relapse I accidentally relapsed…then I wake up and the fog clears and I am...

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (VICKIGOLD2006) — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:41:00 GMT

It never ceases to amaze me that everything I need to stay quit is within this site!! I had my first "smoking dream" last night, after 4 months! When I woke up, I thought I needed to go online and read the thread about holiday triggers, because I had just started my Christmas cards last night and that must have been what prompted the dream.

To my amazement, the first thread on the boards today was this thread. I watched the video too. Thank you Joel. It was a...

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:31:00 GMT

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Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (kleevr) — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:57:00 GMT
My father who actually quit cold turkey over 20 years ago still has smoking dreams on rare occasions. My mother tells me that when he has these he actually physcially breaths like he's smoking too. But as consulation, my father also has swimming dreams (virtually every night) where he "breath's and blows" as if he were in a pool doing the freestyle stroke. Taking a big gulping breath, and slowing hissing it out. :)

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Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (TJKee) — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:19:00 GMT

Had my first smoking dream last night ... and what stuck out most to me was the sensation of terror that I had when I looked down and saw the pack of cigarettes in my hand ... I remember feeling angry and flabbergasted at myself! I actually threw the pack at the wall ...

When I woke up this morning ... the sweet smell of fresh air, and the

Re: The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (Sal GOLD) — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:50:00 GMT

Smoking dreams still occur for me every now and then and I am always greatly relieved to wake up and realize that I am still an ex-smoker.

The fact that I am over 3 and a half years away from my last puff does not make a dream any more or less meaningful - it is just a dream (YAY!). I am still free.

The smoking dream

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Tue, 09 May 2000 18:16:00 GMT

The smoking dreams are common if not universal among ex-smokers. It is especially common when a person is off a short time period, and if it occurs within days or weeks of a quit, it is likely to be extremely disturbing and very realistic. Realistic enough in fact that the ex-smoker will wake up smelling and tasting a cigarette, convinced that he or she has actually smoked. I have had numerous clients search the house for the butt, it was that...

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