A repetitive smoking dream

[Xeen]

Hi all. I know I know, I hardly ever post here. Yes, it's a long post. I need to get this out somewhere, even if I know nobody's going to respond to it.

I have recently had dreams that I was smoking, twice. It's really bothering me because I hardly ever have repetitive dreams, and I do not smoke.

The ODD thing about these dreams is I have been -wanting- to smoke. I have been craving cigarettes.

In the first dream I was smoking and I was thinking "hey this tastes really good! This must have a lot of crack/drugs/etc in it to be this good!". The smoking was beautiful, it was smooth and just so wonderful. I tried a ciggarette once years ago and know that this smoking in my dream was nothing like -real- smoking.

The second dream was maybe a week later, but I didn't remember the dream until later that day. It just flashed to me like "Oh yeah! I had another smoking dream!" but this time all I remembered was just smoking and just -loving- how great it tasted and how good it felt and how smoth it was.

I'm still craving cigs, but I know better. I crave the cigs that were in my dreams, but it's very hard. At this point in time I'm living with 2 (what I consider) heaver smokers and I kind of get my kicks off their smoke now, but... gaw.

I thought I almost had the dream figured out and a very psychic/intuitive friend told me what it meant (everyone's thoughts are important and interesting to me) and she said basically what I thought it meant but now I forget half of what she said :) It's like I'm not quite ment to know what it's all about so I have a feeling I'll be having the dream again.

One thought on it is that I'm doing something or I am somewhere that I like but it's bad for me or it's addicting and that's bad. I've examined my current life...

So, just thought I would share. I'm not expecting anybody to go out of their way to help me interpret it... I just wanted to share. I feel like I don't have anybody to really talk to right now and just posting this here helps me feel like I'm getting it off my chest. So thanks for reading, I'll pop by here again if/when I have the dream again :)

[Ahautenites]

Xeen, I'm not sure what to tell you about the dream, but if you're looking to try smoking something that doesn't smell gross like cigarettes, you might try getting yourself a hookah and buying some flavored shisha (that's a mixture of tobacco, molasses and flavoring like strawberry, mint, coconut, rose, bubblegum or grape... there are lots of flavors), and go for that experience. I can't stand the smell of cigarettes at all, but this is actually good-smelling and flavorful. www.southsmoke.com is the site I've used to purchase my supplies. Al-Waha is a very good brand that is cheap enough for most people's needs. (The real afficionados use much higher quality, and more expensive brands.) Steer clear of Nakhla, though... it tastes like crap.

I'll also point out that shisha is completely nonaddictive. Even regular tobacco is not potent enough to be addictive. Cigarette companies put a bunch of OTHER crap in it to make it addictive.

Still, this all being said, smoking is harmful to your lungs. You can develop a bit of a cough or a sore throat if you smoke this or anything else too often.

For me, it was the ritual of the experience that I liked. And really a half-hour of smoking is more than sufficient for that kind of craving. I haven't used my hookah in a couple years, and when I did use it, I may have used it 10 times in a year. There was nothing addictive or illegal or mood-altering about it. (And it gets annoying if you tell someone you have a hookah and they say, "Oh, like a BONG!" Ugh! No. NOT a bong. A hookah. Used for completely LEGAL, non-brain cell killing flavored tobacco.) I just wasn't in the mood to smoke most of the time, because I'm not someone who feels the need or the desire or the craving to smoke very often.

[Xeen]

Oh wow! Thank you for the information. I really do enjoy smelling some of the tobaccos in the specialty smoking stores but I've never actually seen a hoopka before. They're soo expensive, but now I want one just as decoration.

But now I'm craving it... shame on you :)

Thanks again :)

[Ahautenites]

**smiles** No problem. In addition to being called a hookah, it's also called a nargile, an argilah, and a water pipe. You can get some very cheaply on eBay. It's suggested that you get one that is 24" tall, and brand new. Mine cost me $80 on eBay, and it's a beautiful conversation piece as well as a piece of equipment.

[Cassie]

Although I smoke myself and don't have anything against smoking (whether it be cigars, cigarettes or hookahs), I think you may be interpreting this dream too narrowly and too literally.
'Smoking' can be symbolic of many things. I have seen it interpreted as, 'hidden desires', 'success' and ' submitting to the flow of life'.
The last of these makes most sense to me. Could there be something you are avoiding? Are you resisting the natural flow of things in some way? Personally I would interpret your dream as indicating that you will feel happier and more contented if you 'go with the flow'. Maybe there is a new direction in in your career or your personal life that you have been resisting for some reason?
Of course you may want to puff on a hookah while you think about these things! :)

[firedrake377]

I agree in the most part with Cassie. However, you say that you thought that smoking was nasty before, so it could represent a want to try new things, or things that you previously thought bad. It could also mean that you are yearning for something that could take away stress such as a cig is susposed to do. Maybe it could be something of a hidden desire that you have wanted to try that has always seemed taboo. Those are just my insights, thought you may want to hear.

[Xeen]

Thanks for the input, guys.

I don't think I'm interpreting it too literly, I mean, I have craving in waking life for ciggs thanks to these dreams. Everytime I see someone light up (movies or in person) I just want to jump them for their cig.

And I don't think it means going with the flow because I am going with the flow right now. I'm always going with the flow. Perhaps this time it means to go against the flow, since I see smoking as a bad habit, and if smoking is going with the flow and I know it's bad... hmmm.

Thanks again guys.

[firedrake377]

in that light maybe it is a test on how your views of things dictate actions that you take. If you view smoking as a bad habit, which is common with mine. Maybe it is a test of temptation or possibly meaning something that you want to do that you know is bad.

[Xeen]

in that light maybe it is a test on how your views of things dictate actions that you take. If you view smoking as a bad habit, which is common with mine. Maybe it is a test of temptation or possibly meaning something that you want to do that you know is bad.

I have been racking my brain for days and days to figure out what it is that I could be doing that would be bad for me, or something I -want- to do that's bad for me. I think it may be staying here I am right now, since I'm under a lot of stress.