If I don't get blackout drunk before going to sleep, I have horrible, realistic nightmares. Like, I wake up and I can't tell if they were real life or not, they're so set in a relative scenario to my life. That, or I can't sleep at all. I've kept this up for four years.
How do I fix this? I'm in bad shape physically and mentally and meetings haven't helped. I'm also on klonopin for stress. I don't know what the fuck is going on.
Help.
get a prescription. alcohol in those levels is kinda rough on your body, yo
>>18662190
You've got it backwards. Being drunk doesn't save you from nightmares. Being a drunk causes them.
Alcoholism has affected your body chemistry so that it actually feels more natural to be drunk than not. So when you go to bed sober, you go through withdrawal pains, just like a drug addict. And the physical pain manifests itself in painful dreams.
Only solution: wean yourself off alcohol. It will hurt, just like a junkie's withdrawal. But once your body feels normal without alcohol, the nightmares will stop