What are alcohol dreams about?
Alcohol is a beverage that intoxicates. It is usually drunk within social contexts. People go out for drinks with friends, but it can be consumed while alone. Dreaming of alcohol in dreams may mean different things for different people depending upon that person’s relationship with alcohol. It is a very different thing to dream of drinking if you are sober than it is to dream of drinking if you routinely drink socially. The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about alcohol dreams.
The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with alcohol dreams. These are the words that make alcohol dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of alcohol dreams can be illuminating about show alcohol affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example alcohol dreams at the bottom of the page.
The circular bar chart above shows how alcohol in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that alcohol is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that alcohol is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, alcohol dreams have more eating and drinking than 99.0% of dream symbols, more insects than 97.6% of dream symbols, and more taste than 90.8% of dream symbols. On the other hand, alcohol dreams have less vision than 74.3% of dream symbols, less fantastic beings than 67.8% of dream symbols, and less natural places than 67.2% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of alcohol have more words related to taste than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, alcohol dreams involve the perceptions of taste. Taste is a chemical sense. We taste things through interacting and touching the object we are tasting. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of alcohol is different than dreams of alcohol in general.
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How common are alcohol dreams?
1.4% of dreams have the alcohol symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 70 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively uncommon.
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of dreams have alcohol
How common are alcohol dreams?
1.4% of dreams have the alcohol symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 70 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively uncommon.
How are alcohol dreams identified?
What is most related to dreams of alcohol?
Alcohol dreams are notable because they have substantially more bees, Gimli, wasps, Somalia, drunkenness, drinking, antelopes, Laos, Bangladesh, bartenders, Bahamas than 95% of other dream symbols.
What is most related to dreams of alcohol?
Alcohol dreams are notable because they have substantially more bees, Gimli, wasps, Somalia, drunkenness, drinking, antelopes, Laos, Bangladesh, bartenders, Bahamas than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols least related to dreams of alcohol?
Alcohol dreams are notable because they have substantially less abscesses, orange eyes, mudslides, Luke Skywalker, losing a body part, light rain, Legolas, Kuwait, Kenya, inner children, indigo than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols least related to dreams of alcohol?
Alcohol dreams are notable because they have substantially less abscesses, orange eyes, mudslides, Luke Skywalker, losing a body part, light rain, Legolas, Kuwait, Kenya, inner children, indigo than 95% of other dream symbols.
Deep dive into alcohol dreams
Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in alcohol dreams.
Who is in dreams of alcohol?
Alcohol dreams are much more related to insects, more related to peers, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals and less related to fantastic beings.
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Who is in dreams of alcohol?
Alcohol dreams are much more related to insects, more related to peers, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals and less related to fantastic beings.
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What are the emotions in dreams of alcohol?
Dreams of alcohol are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to embarrassment than dreams in general. They are less related to fear.
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What are the emotions in dreams of alcohol?
Dreams of alcohol are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to embarrassment than dreams in general. They are less related to fear.
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Where do dreams of alcohol take place?
Dreams of alcohol are more related to home, more related to work, and more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places.
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Where do dreams of alcohol take place?
Dreams of alcohol are more related to home, more related to work, and more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places.
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What happens in dreams of alcohol?
Dreams of alcohol are more related to sex, much more related to eating and drinking, and much more related to health events than dreams in general.
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What happens in dreams of alcohol?
Dreams of alcohol are more related to sex, much more related to eating and drinking, and much more related to health events than dreams in general.
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How do dreams of alcohol related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of alcohol are more related to lucid dreams and more related to vivid dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to good dreams.
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How do dreams of alcohol related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of alcohol are more related to lucid dreams and more related to vivid dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to good dreams.
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How can you make sense of alcohol in dreams?
Alcohol dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things alcohol dreams are focused on taste. Do you think this is true for your dream of alcohol? How might your dream of alcohol be different?
All dreams have meaning
You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.
All dreams have meaning
You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.
Look for the differences
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience alcohol in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
Look for the differences
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience alcohol in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
Return to the feelings
Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about alcohol in dreams. See how you feel about alcohol now, in your waking life.
Return to the feelings
Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about alcohol in dreams. See how you feel about alcohol now, in your waking life.
An interpretation of alcohol dreams
This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Drinking alcohol excessively in a dream can symbolize lack of control or restraint. You are in a situation you can’t control. See: Drunkenness It can symbolize feeling out of kilter or out of sorts. People sometimes drink excessively because they’re trying to escape something; doing so in a dream can symbolize covering over feelings of inadequacy or regret. Or the dream might be a straightforward message that you drink too much. Alcohol is called “spirits,” so consuming alcohol can symbolize taking in spiritual teaching, or spiritual practice. This use of the symbolism is more likely in dreams where alcohol is consumed in moderation and does not produce drunkenness. Excessive consumption can symbolize using something as a substitute for spiritual nourishment, or drowning out the voices inside you that want it. Carl Jung’s insight about excessive drinking as a substitute for spiritual life is the foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs. Alcohol is associated with sociability, celebration, and good times. In a dream it can symbolize the desire to mingle, or wanting something to ease social anxiety. It can indicate a need to cut loose and have fun. References to drinking alcohol can be associated with an event in your life that is cause for celebration, such as the arrival of child, getting married, or graduating. See also: Abusing, Addicts, Bartenders, Drugs, Drunkenness, Parties
An interpretation of alcohol dreams
This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Drinking alcohol excessively in a dream can symbolize lack of control or restraint. You are in a situation you can’t control. See: Drunkenness It can symbolize feeling out of kilter or out of sorts. People sometimes drink excessively because they’re trying to escape something; doing so in a dream can symbolize covering over feelings of inadequacy or regret. Or the dream might be a straightforward message that you drink too much. Alcohol is called “spirits,” so consuming alcohol can symbolize taking in spiritual teaching, or spiritual practice. This use of the symbolism is more likely in dreams where alcohol is consumed in moderation and does not produce drunkenness. Excessive consumption can symbolize using something as a substitute for spiritual nourishment, or drowning out the voices inside you that want it. Carl Jung’s insight about excessive drinking as a substitute for spiritual life is the foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs. Alcohol is associated with sociability, celebration, and good times. In a dream it can symbolize the desire to mingle, or wanting something to ease social anxiety. It can indicate a need to cut loose and have fun. References to drinking alcohol can be associated with an event in your life that is cause for celebration, such as the arrival of child, getting married, or graduating. See also: Abusing, Addicts, Bartenders, Drugs, Drunkenness, Parties
Examples of dreams of alcohol
Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of alcohol dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for alcohol dreams. Read at your own risk.
