Alcohol

The meaning of consuming an alcoholic beverage depends on certain other specific contents of the dream as well as on the individual's associations with alcohol. Negatively, alcohol represents escapism, addiction, and self-destructive tendencies. More positively, alcohol may indicate simple socializing or the release of one's inhibitions. Alcohol has also been utilized as a religious symbol, as in the "new wine" of the Christian tradition, and to indicate certain mystical states in Sufism.