All Aboard The Brave Babes Battle Bus!

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Hello, welcome to thread five!!

I'm Mouse and I'm 10 whole days sober which is bloody amazing given that I would normally consume nearly 90 units per week! And that's without 'special occasions'!!

So, if I can do it, you can do it! The support here is awesome, no matter where you are in your quest to quit. No judging, no cliquey groups.

We are just real, honest people. All helping each other to give up the booze. Come meet the other Brave Babes........................

And for those who would like to read the adventures so far, here are the links from the first four threads!

JWN's original thread (the reason we are all here)

Thread two

Thread three

Thread four

Morning venus, it was lovely thanks. Didn't really do a great deal apart from going to meetings and pottering about at home! But it was nice and relaxing - and no hangovers!

How are you doing?

Morning.

Yes venus and Red, that was my first use of the word alcoholic in a post.

Hello cid! Welcome to the bus!

Thanks for your post venus. I have mini versions of you all in my bag!!

Well done Trinity!

I am not going to let myself down. So, TODAY I WILL NOT BE DRINKING!

Right, time to finish off, then breakfast!

Glad the sheet shuffle made you all !!

BYE BABES!! xxxx

You're in the right place cid! Just take it one day at a time (one hour, one minute if needs be.) You will probably crave sweet things to replace the sugar you won't get from alcohol so indulge yourself! Get some treats whether it's ice cream, biscuits, cakes - whatever suits you. Be very gentle with yourself. Try to think what your 'triggers' are and look for ways to avoid them.

mouse - hope you have a fantastic break in Dorset! Text me if you need me! We will all miss you x

cid - would you consider AA? I attend as do several of the babes (but many don't which is fine too. This is not an AA thread!) For myself I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Thanks Red!! xx

I'll miss the Babes too!! You are all with me in spirit, well, the non alcoholic kind of spirit!!!!

Be back Friday to tell you all about it and bore you all to tears!!!

Red - I'm going to drop you a quick email.

Hello Everyone!

Day 11 here!

Mouse - if I haven't already missed you, have a fabulous time.

Trying to actually get some work done today, so this is just a quick wave.

mouse have replied to your email. Have a fabulous time!

cid - it took me a long time to have a clue what the nutters in AA were on about! Steps I could kind of get to grips with but when they started talking about promises or traditions I was lost... Could not understand why these people were happy to be without booze! You've already made a huge step by going in the first place - very brave. Please try to go again if you can. If you keep going it makes more and more sense.

maddogs - good morning!

Thank you maddogs.

I shouldn't be here......

Hello everyone

Cidre - welcome. If you find trying to give up, then stop trying to give up. Instead, decide that you are not going to drink today. If you want to get pissed tomorrow, that's your affair, but try, JUST FOR TODAY, to go without any alcohol at all (including beer, wine, spirits, low-alcohol beer and wine, liqueur chocolates, etc.) and see how it goes.

That means that, JUST FOR TODAY, you do WHATEVER IT TAKES not to consume any alcohol at all (see above) - go for a walk, sleep, read a book, kick a cardboard box round the room, phone someone, post on here, drink 4 litres of Coke - ANYTHING AT ALL but DO NOT DRINK.

Then, tomorrow, consider again whether you fancy being drunk or sober.

Hello MIFLAW,

How was your weekend? (Realised that I never really ask you that just demand your advice!) Hope you had a good one anyway!

I looked at houses and then drove to a hospital in Watford, all with a "challenging" two year old in tow.

So, fun fun fun.

But i didn't drink.

MIFLAW

I rememeber the first time you said for me to try, just try not to drink for one day.

Well, I did and look at me now!!!! 13 days down and I feel great!!!

So, thank you MIFLAW and everyone else on this thread for the continued and unconditional support!!

Right, I really must eat and leave.

Again!!

Be good and be Brave Babes!!!

Mouse xxxxx

Certainly sounds interesting for you MIFLAW! Out of curiousity, how many meetings do you attend a week, roughly? (Asking because you are a good few years sober now.)

BYE MOUSE!!!!

The slope is very slippery

Day One

Hi christi,

No need to worry, pick yourself up and decide that just for today you are not going to drink. I have decided not to count days anymore as it seemed to be doing more harm than good! (Just a personal thing, loads of people get a great boost from counting days.) Maybe you could try to forget that it's "Day 1" and just focus on not drinking just for today??

Sending hugs and love to you - we all know how crap it is!

Thank you moomin. I don't know what got into me yesterday. Feel like such a divot. Thank you for your support.

haven't read the millions of posts since last week, but just popping on to say 'hello'. I remained sober...will be back for debriefing later. Removal men arrive Friday morning, so panic starts her!

Good morning algee!!! Glad everything going OK. Look forward to catching up properly soon! Good luck with the move x

Not a problem christi. What 'got into' you is that you have a problem with alcohol! It happens to us all.

All our support is here for you. Remember to go gentle today x

christi - whats a 'divot'

algee - bloody well done you!!!

mouse - bugger off!!

cid - welcome!!!

moomin - good morning my love!!

miflaw, well, hellllloooo you handsome devil

I personally attend an average of 2 meetings a week. I could probably do with 3, but life has other ideas - I know I would go to more if I was single or if my partner was in AA too (or, in fact, if I had done any of my drinking in my current relationship.) And, of course, everyone is different.

For me, it is more the minimum that matters - I would fight tooth and nail not to go a week without at least one meeting and the only time it happens is if we are on holiday somewhere where meetings are impractical (purpose-built resort in Egypt was the last time I can remember) - a week can easily become two, I reckon. Also, I tend to make sure I participate in the meetings I do attend - I try always to have a service commitment and I nearly always share.

And, of course, in between meetings, I work hard not to forget what I am and what it used to be like. Threads like this are a big help to me in that respect.

Good morning JWN - flirty mood again? Good to 'see' you!

cid - obviously getting pregnant is a fairly drastic way of giving up the booze, so i guess if you dont want to spend the rest of your life popping them out, today is as good as any to not drink!

just do a day at a time, find little rewards for yourself, ie, spend your booze money on a beauty treatment once a week, something new to wear, that type of thing - dont worry about next week or next month, just think about the next hour, you will find that time whizzes past and a whole day will have gone by and you will have it under your belt!

keep posting, everyone on here is wishing you well and urging you on!