The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Carry On Past The Offy!!

[Mouseface]

Well, this is our tenth thread so we are throwing a little party!

Everyone is invited! No booze of course, soft drinks and mocktails only!

I'm Mouse, hello.

There are all kinds of drinkers on board the bus. Come and join the journey, whatever stage you are at, drinking, cutting down, wanting to stop or sober already.

Everyone is welcome to post here. Come say hi.

The journey so far is below.

JWN's original thread

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[dementedma]

Hi
Just posted on the other thread - not sure if i should be here or there
Either way, I'm drink free tonight!!!

[Mouseface]

Hi ma.

Take a seat, the others will be here in a bit xx

[ChristianaTheSeventh]

hello marking my place

absolutely shattered but a bit wired from the stress and so watching some telly with my wild fennel tea

well done demented! Soon you'll have to change your name to 'serenema'!

[ChristianaTheSeventh]

hello marking my place

absolutely shattered but a bit wired from the stress and so watching some telly with my wild fennel tea

well done demented! Soon you'll have to change your name to 'serenema'!

[JABnowJAR]

Hello, marking my place too. Had some wine tonight but am ok with it.

Goodnight lovely babes

[ChristianaTheSeventh]

hello marking my place

absolutely shattered but a bit wired from the stress and so watching some telly with my wild fennel tea

well done demented! Soon you'll have to change your name to 'serenema'!

[ChristianaTheSeventh]

hmm i don't know why i've marked my place three times...

[RageAgainstTheTeen]

Just nipping in to say a sober 'goodnight' from me.

Night night!

[ChristianaTheSeventh]

watching strictly and i don't know who all the celebs are??

[hippychicky]

I'm here as well! Heading to bed, trying to think positive thoughts about my wee toots having lovely friends and enjoying her sleep over (particularly now her mother is sober) - Trying not to feel hard done by that they will keep me awake half the night!
Night all
x

[jesuswhatnext]

night all!!, see you all in the morning!

L XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[ExDrinker]

Hello all, I've nearly joined your thread a few times, but I stopped drinking on holiday, 16th August and haven't had a drink since. I can honestly say that I have hardly missed it and I haven't felt seriously tempted to have a drink since.
My secret is that I read Allen Carr's Easy way to control alcohol.
I thought I would share that with you just in case it could help anyone else.

[lucilastic]

Welcome ExDrinker
Fantastic to hear you haven't been tempted to drink since August. Sadly I can't say the same. Am living from hour to hour at the weekends - my danger time.
Am reserving my place on the bus. Am happy to sit anywhere. I can drive, am sober and am used to driving a clapped out Ford Galaxy so I am putting myself forward for emergency driving duties.
Can I have a little sleep first?

JWN, you are amazing and an inspiration to me.

Night (again)

[ChristianaTheSeventh]

watching strictly and i don't know who all the celebs are??

[ExDrinker]

lucilastic, it must be so hard for you.
Why don't you try reading the book? It won't do any harm, and the good bit is that as long as you don't read it when you've had a drink, you can continue drinking without any pressure to stop until you reach the last couple of pages.
I could send you my copy if you like, but I'd like it back, I feel kind of sentimental about it.

I wish you the very best of luck.

[ChristianaTheSeventh]

my goodness why do my posts keep on posting. Night all. That book sounds interedting ex drinker. Well done you for stopping so successfully!

[ChristianaTheSeventh]

my goodness why do my posts keep on posting. Night all. That book sounds interedting ex drinker. Well done you for stopping so successfully!

[lucilastic]

Exdrinker, I have nearly bought the book so many times...why haven't I?
That DP will rubbish it. He is in denial that I have a problem with alcohol,
Hang on to your copy. Thanks for the offer but I too feel senimental about certain books and I am hoping this one might be the one to help me sort my addiction out.
Am going to order it.
Thank you and good luck back to you for continued sobriety.
Night night (yet again!) X

[ChristianaTheSeventh]

my goodness why do my posts keep on posting. Night all. That book sounds interedting ex drinker. Well done you for stopping so successfully!

[maristella]

just marking my place (seat) too :)
had my first friday night without booze ever last night, and it was painless.
had a large glass tonight but don't actually want any more, which is good!
will sleep soon i think.

hope all of you are ok, and your poorly little ones are on the mend x

[venusindelhi]

Hello all. I am venus and I am an alcoholic. I am currently out of UK for a few weeks and the options for drinkiing here are much fewer than at home. Previously that would have driven me mad, but today I am grateful. Last night some of the people I know here were out at a party and returned pretty pissed. One is a really lovely woman, with a dry, clever sense of humour, gentle, mellow manner, and a lovely sweet smile. She is usually kind, thoughtful and a compassionate listener. Not last night she wasn't. Loud, brash, harsh, stupid, annoying, repetative. I love her normal shy self. I didn't love the drunk over-confident piss-head she'd become.

Have a good Sunday x

[KismetKitten]

Good morning all. Days 3 and 4 alcohol free.

I hope you don't mind me sitting pressed up against the window not saying much. I am normally quite sociable but I am dealing with this by humming loudly to myself, in my own head, if you understand what I mean.

[ChristianaTheSeventh]

Morning all. I guess it's Day 5 here.

DD2 slept OK but still having trouble getting her to take her inhaler, she hates it. But she seems lots better and our sleep wasn't too bad, not saying I would refuse a little holiday in the maldives, but hey ho

Hello Venus how is Delhi?

[MsGee]

Morning, just marking my place and saving a seat for Red.

Lovely to see lots of new faces.

Red, please get in touch. x

[dementedma]

No alocohol last night but still feel groggy and bleary eyred this morning. snot fair. guess this journey is going to take a while...
hi kismet kitten, you are a couple of days further on than me so well done you!