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Dreaming about opiates

DrugsFahDays

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Hello bluelight I had a Question regarding opiate use/addiction and dreams and like any other drug questions I figured I'd look here.

I have been using opiates on and off for roughly a year and a half now and 6 months ago, maybe longer I noticed that I dream about them quite a bit. This is particularly strange to me because I rarely dream or at least I don't remember my dreams very much. Most of the time the dreams will be about trying to obtain opiates/ finding them in strange places or having friends offer me some. I don't think I've ever used or been high on them in any of the dreams it's always just about trying to get them. I've used various other drugs over the past 2 years and I hardly ever dream about them, if even at all.

So I guess basically my question is did anyone else experience this or something like it? I'm not physically addicted and never have been. My use has been relatively sporadic, sometimes every 2 weeks, sometimes once a week and I've even taken 1-3 month long breaks. Dosage is 30mg of oxy or less, or equipotent doses of codeine, Vicodin, fentanyl and morphine if that's relevant.

I looked for awhile trying to find something about opiates and dreams but everything just has to do with withdrawal and dreams.

For the record i realize this is probably a sign of addiction and I know I'll have to stop at some point. Swore off them forever but just said fuck it about 4 months later and started to dabble again. I've spent thousands of hours on this site and others reading about how they are a trap and not to start cuz u won't stop until it bites you and I'm beginning to understand that now. Kind of answered my own question but just wanted to get an opinion of someone who's had similar shit happen.

Thank you
 
I've had dreams about drugs before. I don't think it really says anything at all (taken on its own) about whether you're addicted to drugs or not; I hardly ever even have dreams any more but I do drugs all the time. On the other hand, when I was sober (because of probation) I'd get drug-related dreams on occasion.

Dreams often just reflect what's been going on in your waking life. So if you've been doing drugs in your day to day life, don't be surprised if they make an appearance in your dreams.
 
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