Well I am not going there on what the dream was about with the dog but on physiology side, stopping drinking can cause people to have dreams, sleep poorly, become agitated or irritable. It's part of the withdrawal. It will diminish as time goes on unless of course you like dog dreams.

Now that I work from home and have, I made a very conscious decision to make sure I keep a line between M-F and keep weekends. If I don't do it, the days just blend together and I lose track of which day it is. While some may call that retirement, I need some structure to keep my sanity.