The meaning of a dream about alcohol will have to do with how you feel about alcohol in waking life.
If you enjoy drinking moderately, as a means of relaxing or socializing, then a dream that you are drinking alcohol can be a sign that you need to be more relaxed in waking life.
Your unconscious could be telling you that you need to take a break from your responsibilities.
A dream of drinking alcohol with others in a social setting can indicate a desire to have an easier time connecting with others.
If you associate alcohol with addiction, then a dream about drinking alcohol can mean that you are starting to develop an unhealthy habit. Consider your recent behavior and try to determine if you have begun engaging in negative activities or if you have been having negative, unproductive thoughts.
Dreaming that others are drinking alcohol, but that you are not, can mean that you feel excluded in waking life.
If you do not usually drink alcohol in waking life, but you have a dream that you are drinking it, then your unconscious may be telling you to open your mind to new ways of thinking and behaving.
Cleansing a wound with rubbing alcohol in a dream can symbolize getting rid of negative, toxic thoughts.
Drinking alcohol in a dream represents a desire to escape from your real life problems.
When people drink alcohol, they often say things that they would not say when they are sober, and reveal things about themselves that they would not otherwise wish to be revealed. Therefore, the things that you say when you are under the influence of alcohol in your dream are truths about yourself that you would not acknowledge when you are awake.
If someone else in your dream is drinking alcohol, their words can also represent truths that you find hard to accept.
A dream that you or someone else is drinking alcohol can also be a message that you need to be more honest about yourself – both to yourself and to other people- in waking life.
If you or someone you are close to has a problem with alcohol in real life, a dream about alcohol will reflect your feelings about alcohol use.