Old Bags No More - The Brave Babes & the Battle with the Booze

[MoominMags]

Well, here we go ladies (and MIFLAW)! The new thread to follow on from JWN's 'me and alcohol have ruined my family'. I hope no one minds that I decided to go with 'brave'? I just think that it describes us!

As a quick recap, I am 33 and on day 22 of sobriety (on this occasion!)

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katerum

I'm going to say no to physically dependant on alcohol. But the morning/afternoon tremours, nausea, headaches may say otherwise.

On our special night, I have had half a glass of fizz and a weak vodka that I am sipping. Which is more than half of what I had last night.

It's out 4th anniversary so we are on, flowers and fruit for a traditional gift or appliances for modern.

DH DID NOT DARE to buy me a new hoover!!!!!

I'm not enjoying it
I feeel shiy

what can I do for the hangover

social worker is coming at 9
with cleaner that will ee coming 4 hours a week to teach me how to cean

I'm scared

I was doing so wekl
every morning, up with the kids, making breakfaastt, noone eating in the frntrom

it helped slot
the kids were heping

now I've fujucked it

noone will take them from me

noone will take them from me

TRINITY - I WILL SAY IT AGAIN! GO TO BED!!!

EVERYTHING ELSE CAN BE SORTED OUT TOMMORROW.

Trinity

As JWN said earlier...................

PINT OF WATER NOW!

TAKE ANOTHER TO BED.

GO FOR A PEE.

BRUSH YOUR TEETH, TWICE.

AND GET INTO BED.

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TRY TO REST.

TOMORROW IS A BRAND NEW DAY.

WE'LL BE HERE IN THE MORNING

i am off to bed now - trinity, we will see you in the morning.

mouse you have done so well to drink less tonight, especially on a day when you are celebrating.

I'd say that not being pissed when you go to bed is also a reason for celebration.

trinity

You were doing well, and you will do well again. Getting the kids their breakfast won't stop just 'cos you've had one night on the piss.

NOW drink some water, brush your teeth, set an alarm clock, and go to sleep.

Get up in the morning and have a shower. Get the kids their breakfast. Get yourself some breakfast. Wash the dishes (or get the kids to help with that). Brush your teeth and your hair, and get ready to learn to clean.

Tonight was just one night. You have had 6 days without a drink. That was good and you can do it again.

venus

Thank you lovely. That means a lot!!

I feel full after all the food but brilliant. I'm actually tired instead of drunk.

I feel fab. hope you're ok.

Shhh, I'm whispering this, DH has NOT overdone the booze tonight. There is fizz with a stopper in left in the fridge!!!!!

Night. xx

Morning fairies!

Kate, today's the day? Good luck!

Mouse, glad you had a lovely evening, and how good to you feel this morning with hardly a habgover?! Good to raed aboy dh too...maybe something you've said has sunk in?

JWN....meant toadsk yesterday how you're feeling after your encounter the other night?

Venus don't forget your vat return!

Trinity. How are you this morning? I hope that you drank loads last night. Something I think venus said, which has been dawning on me as one of those 'truths' about being drunk as I slept...you got pissed you told is and maybe some others, but it IS NOT written all over your face to the rest of the world. Social worker need not know...and I feel vaguely uncomfortable but i really know how easy it can be to cover up drinking., but I really thionk that you need to in rthis cicumstance. Grin through the morning routines, grin through the sw visit (easy for me to say) dust yourself down and begin again today. You admitted yourself you did not enjoy it...you sounded positively chipper in posts previous to last nights. Love to you.

Chink you out there? Come and talk to us?

The rest of you lovely people out there in computer fairy land, see yopu later...

Ok. Shower and dog walk for me. Family home tonight, and I have no removing of bottles or catching up on things I should have done to do. Amaxing.

Trinity...when I said that I hoped you drank loads last night, I meant after the wine blowout you understand! Water!

Can you imagine how I'd phrase myself and type if I was drunk?? Still too lazy to proof read though

Morning algee - great to hear you sounding so bright and cheerful. I'm still not sure that I have entirely got used to waking up without a hangover. I doubt I will ever be chatty and chipper in the morning (some residual teenager in me) but what a joy not to wake with a thumping headache.

Mouse, excellent to hear from you. Who knows what today will bring

What will you amuse us all with today JWN?

Have a good day everyone.

Trinity I posted this on your other thread (for you and C.)

One of the 'brave babes' here.

Trinity if you read this thread in the morning...

I doubt you will find that you have disappointed us. Ffs, we understand. We've all been there. Often.

If you're beating yourself up and feeling guilty, then at least one thing you don't need to feel guilty about is upsetting a load of anonymous alkies on a computer

morning

I feel like I'm dying

I'm sorry everyone

daaaay 1

Morning peeps,
Trinity, don't be sorry, today is a whole new day! We have all failed, well I know I did on Tuesday, all we can do is start again ( and again if necessary!) Feeling guilty doesn't help, just concentrate on today.
Currently waiting for DD2 to get out of the shower - why does she need to take 25 minutes in there?! I'm sure she uses more water than a bath, good job we're not on a waer meter!

water,not waer, I have a dodgy T key!

thanks wrinkly

I really feel like shit
cant beeive I used to do this every day

qaready shat through the eye of a needle twice
ugh

Lovely!! Afraid I don't have any hangover remedies - that's something I never did figure out, except for paracetamol, the only good thing about it was a really belting hangover put me off drinking for 1 day!
And at least you don't have to worry about constipation

yeah sorry that was tmi lol

didn't think just posted

I think I prefer being bunged up

back on the bike!
grin through sw visit...grin through the lot. you can do it!
and i just read your other post...you are not letting us down. we are piss heads.

god loads of posts while i was faffing typinh one...shitting through the eye of a needle...interesting concept!

Morning wrinkly.

I'm really angry with myself

I was on day 7

fucking twat I am

Be angry enough to not pick up today? Remember you said you weren't enjoying it. Remember how crap you feel this morning. Remember all the angst and worry drinking adds to your life... seems like the answer I know.

I'd be a total hypocrite if I said 'it isn't' because I know that not very far below the surface, I am still looking for the excuse...

Hang on to the positives. This lot just kept telling me to reduce it down...if a day without seemed too long, make it an hour, a minute, a second. You can do it.

Today I can do it...3 weeks 1 day!

sorry, got to go out. see you later.

No you're not, you are not!!! I can only repeat what everyone has said, (because it's true) we've all failed and all we can do is start again, one day at a time, one hour at a time, one minute at a time.
I'm worrying because I've found a new "reward" - by 10 p.m. when the off licence closes I tell myself I'll have drink when I go on holiday next week - I don't want to but I do if you see what I mean. When that "reward" is in the vague fuure that's fine, but when it's getting closer I'm getting scared. Need to stop telling myself that!