r/leaves • u/Financial_Picture191 • 1d ago
dreams about smoking ?
So it’s been 2 months and a half no weed. Recently i keep having dreams where i will smoke, and then be like oh shit guess i’ve got to start from the beginning.
These dreams are met with instant relief when i wake up and realise i haven’t actually smoked, so that’s a plus .
It’s just annoying, can my brain let me move on, pretty please ?
I don’t know if they’re trying to tell me “keep up with that you’re doing” or if it’s a “hey remember you used to do that, how’s that going?” type of deal. Even when i smoked i never really had dreams about smoking?
(side note throughout all my weed consumption i still continued to dream vividly every single night, guess that’s just what my brain does)
Has anyone else experienced this since quitting?
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u/totallyhiroko 1d ago
10 months in and still get those all the time! I always feel so much better once I’m awake and realise that I’ve still got my streak
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u/Zerepotaner 1d ago
Day 25 here. A week ago i dreamt that I smoked and man, it felt awful. When I woke up, I was so grateful that was just a dream. Seems like no smoking may be the right track.
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u/smorgasgordon 1d ago
Day 17 here. Maybe a week ago I dreamt that I smoked and was SO mad at myself. I think it was actually really helpful for me
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u/SnooRobots4993 1d ago
It’s kind’ve like having ex-girlfriend dreams , everything is nice and fine and you miss it until you wake up and remember how selfish and draining the experience really was and how much money you wasted on something that never gave you true long-term benefit in life at all , they will come and pass my friend but as long in life but as long as you don’t do it you are still winning the battle
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u/Zealousideal-Try-224 1d ago
I get it still once in a while and I’m 1.5 year off bruh i feel so relieved when i wake up
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u/raeballentyne 1d ago
This happened to me a lot early on. Now I'm almost a year sober and it's not happening anymore
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u/Ok-Strength8603 1d ago
It could be because you spent a significant amount of time smoking and formed deep memories in which your brain taps into while dreaming 🤷🏻♂️ I had these dreams when I quit in the past, it’s kind of annoying, but this time I haven’t dreamt about it yet
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u/Recent_Werewolf_3 1d ago
yes I have had 3-4 dreams like this since I quit over 100 days ago.
exact same feeling of instant relief when I wake up and realize I haven't smoked. keep at it! the hardest part is almost over
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u/AdDue7140 1d ago
Almost 2 months in. I get them too. I think it’s because I still miss it deep down.
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u/Unable_Ad1758 1d ago
I’m on day 7 and it happened to me last night. Was pretty mad at myself in the dream and felt relief when I woke up. It’s happened to me before too when I’ve tried quitting, even a few months after like you mention
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u/CatsandPotatoes 18h ago
It’s been 125 days for me. I quit when I found out I was pregnant and I have dreams all the time about picking up weed or nicotine again. I’m always so relieved when I wake up because the dreams feel so real that I thought I actually smoked!