So I used to drink somewhere between a bottle of wine and two liters of 80 proof liquor every day (generally more towards the latter... alcohol is outrageously cheap here). I stopped a few weeks ago for a lot of reasons, mainly I realized I hadn't been able to get "drunk" since high school so I was just drinking out of habit and that most of my calories were coming from booze (bad news). Since then I haven't had a single lucid dream. I used to become lucid at least twice per week and sometimes even twice in one night... but since then nada. I don't really mind, since I tend to learn a lot more from non lucid dreams, but lucid dreams were a fun treat every now and then. I never put any effort into lucid dreaming but now I may start.

My dreams are a lot clearer now in the mornings, but they seem to be a bit more boring lately. I'm just curious what sort of role alcohol plays in dreaming/lucid dreaming. Could sobering up in the middle of the night somehow shock you into lucidity?