Dreaming under the influence

[Triickz]

So, these last couple of nights I've been enjoying a few brewskis and before I got to bed I usually feel a bit tipsy, so I fall right into a deep sleep. After about 4 hours of being comatose I wake up and cannot go back to bed, mostly because I no longer feel tired. But after about an hour or two I force myself to go back to sleep with some mnemonic influences and for the first time, an actual wild. My dreams are intensely vivid and incredible. One allowed me to chain 5 or more together using DEILD and I can recall them to the last detail like I'm painting a picture. Why is this?? I wish icould dream like this all the time...

[ParanoidLlama]

Sounds like you were trying to fall asleep but still had enough awareness to wild. And, because of your high amount of awareness, it carried over during the wild and you had a vivid dream. It also helped with being able to DEILD along with recall.

[Triickz]

Yea that makes a bit of sense. But it's not easy to stay awake for that long under regular conditions which upsets me a little, I've always dreaded wbtb's. And the recall is usually superb which is not an ordinary occurrence. But that's for the input m8

[sisyphus]

The alcohol is influencing your REM cycles and neurotransmitter balance. For the first few hours, it suppresses REM and potentiates (increases the effect of) the neurotransmitter GABA, which causes drowsiness and relaxation. After it wears off, there is a rebound effect in both things. You get more REM and an excess of the neurotransmitter glutamate, which has the opposite effect of GABA, causing alertness and more sensitivity of the senses.