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

lastone you might feel a bit ropey for a few days but then will feel amazing. AS MIFLAW says you will finally be seeing a hangover through to the end and it might take four or five days!

Have s strong coffee or go for a run?

Morning all :)

I have made it through my first week without alcohol and that's counting from my last SIP of alcohol, it's been a few days longer than that since I had an actual full drink. So Day 8 today.

Woke up this morning feeling so well and alert and able to cope with life.

It's not only the not drinking that's helping. It's also the reading I've done on this thread and elsewhere that is teaching me to slow my thoughts down and stop whirling off either into the future or feeling sorry for myself. Now I stop and say "Woah there Nelly, stop projecting" and "Just for today, focus on today".

Hope you all have a great Friday - almost weekend!!
I have decided that I will go to the bbq we have been invited to on Saturday and begin to build a social life that does not revolve around drinking.

Lastone - Well done on making it through the first day! I felt exhausted too for a while but yesterday I started to feel renewed energy. Try to rest as much as you need to, your body is healing.

Christi - how are you? Did you manage to sleep better last night?

maddogs excellent news about BBQ

I did sleep better - but I did take s Stilnoct (sleeping pill)

Morning babes - wasn't around last night, think the anti d's knocked me out so I slept for England!

Great to hear all positive stories, actually looking forward to weekend of being sober (have decided rather than concentrate on negatives like not drinking will focus on the positive of being sober!)

Good morning everyone!
No alcohol yesterday... not even a sip, even though I was really tempted.
I still can't sleep properly... but hey, ho.. at least I'm waking feeling groggy through lack of sleep not booze!
I'm off to a wedding today... it's going to be hard not having a drink... but a good friend of mine is not drinking too, so I'm sticking to her like glue!
She doesn't know my reasons for not drinking, although, hers are pretty similar (?)... drinking too much too often.
I feel quite excited at the challenge in a weird sort of way... have never been to a wedding in years without getting at the very least 'tipsy'.
Hope you all have great day, it's sunny where I am, so should be lovely for the wedding.
I've got lots planned for saturday, so that's another incentive not to drink today, so that my saturday isn't a complete write off 'cos I'm hungover...
Happy Friday everyone!
x

Good morning everyone!

Thank God it's Friday! Tonight I am off to a meeting and another one tomorrow. So I am looking forward to both of those.

Last night was very peaceful so I finished my book, did some washing and just took it easy.

Day 5 here. Skin has broken out again and I am sleeping so heavily that I feel extremely groggy when I get up but I am not hungover and that's a blessing!

Hi everyone

Great to hear you're all doing so well. I'm only on day 3 but already feeling the benefits. I was wide awake at 4am so got up, read a mag and went back to bed. Despite the broken sleep I feel 100% better than having a full (alcohol induced) sleep. Hammy

Good morning computer fairies. 4 weeks for me tomorrow. Weather here is yuk. (Southern softie here). But feeling positive and happy today. Hope you all have lovely weekends.

morning everyone!!

it is amazing to see the change in people and their posts in such a very short time!! this not drinking lark is fantastic!!!

I LOVE BEING SOBER!!!!

ME TOO!

Usually by Friday I would have a full debating society in my head going over the pro's and cons of having (in my case) wine tonight. I would invariably exhaust myself and drink to shut them up!! IYSWIM But they do seem to have shut the fuck up lately

day 4 here
first morning I feel a bit better
also no longer having my period so that helps

Morning everyone - wow, what a positive start to the day

Day 5 here - major wobble last night, thought I was going to drive to the shop for beer but decided to lie down on the sofa and have a nap instead, then had a cup of tea and a yoghurt. The feeling passed and I woke up this morning feeling so relieved that I didn't act on my silly impulse.

Have a great day everyone - today I will not be drinking!

Was planning to come on here and say Day 6 for me but then I would be lying to you all and to myself, I visited my friend last night and drank a bottle of wine, strange part is I never suffer from hangovers but woke this morning with bad headache which is only starting to shift now.
So Day 1 for me again:(

Hello everyone, good to hear that people are feeling a bit better.

Needs to, well done for surviving the wobble. The feeling can be so intense, and when it hits, I always imagine that it will be like that until I give in and have a drink. But like you found yesterday, if you can just get through it, disctract yourself, eat something else, sleep, or whatever, then it is quite surprising that the intense need can pass.

desire - don't be sad or angry or anything negative. Many, many people 'slip' when they try to give up alcohol. The best (and only) thing to do is to pick yourself up, brush yourself down and carry on. Yeah, it's shit but it's OK. (I am, after all, the bloody queen of the slips at the moment.)

well done needsto

I ate 2 magnums when I felt funny last night lol

maybe I'm now a magnumaholic

desire, well done for being honest about it. There really is not point in coming on here and pretending, you would only be fooling yourself, because we don't know any different.

Yup, all that poison does make you feel crap, doesn't it. I used to pride myself on how I didn;t suffer as badly as others from hangovers, now I just feel that there was nothing to be proud about in having a body that had become so accustomed to dealing with toxins.

Day 1 is a good place to start. Be kind to yourself, and use your experience yesterday to strngthen your resolve for today, rather than using it as an excuse to do the same tonight.

Not naval-gaving, honest, but today has brought something home to me.

This afternoon, my dd is going to the birthday party of one of her best friends. Two years ago, when the girls were small enough for all the parents to stay, Dh and I both went. We ended up in the garden drinking beer along with the grandfather of the birthday-girl and getting pissed

At the time, I thought we were the "cool" parents, not like all those other "boring" mummies. Now, I feel so ashamed. Did my dd notice that her parents were the only ones getting drunk? I hope she was too young. Did we go home and carry on drinking - I can't even remember.

Unsurprisingly, the same grandfather was last spotted at the Kindergarten end-of-year performance drinking from a bottle of whiskey. How long would it be before I end up needing a few "nips" to get through my kid's performance, if I get pissed at a child's 4th birthday party? :(

Hi Trinity, what are your plans for today? Is all your decluttering done, or are there more trips to the dump still to come?

I have loads to get done this morning. I've got a friend coming to stay for the weekend, and before gets here I've got to tidy up, go shopping, change the beds, and write a report for a rather demanding client.

See you all later.

venus - how did all the cooking go the other day?

maddogs - it's incredible how easy an alky/ problem drinker finds it to turn any occasion into an excuse for a booze-up. We've all been there. You are addressing the problem now and that's fantastic!

maddogs!! what moomin said!!

Morning. This is a selfish post. Sorry.

Meh. I feel awful. Hung-over and shaky. No booze but dear God I feel like I drank a bottle of vodka at 3am and haven't slept it off.

I can assure you I didn't. I ache. I felt sick all night. DS has hardly slept so I've been up with him.

DH is out all day at meetings. Pha.

I want my bed.

TMI ALERT - sorry MIFLAW - I have the most horrid period pains too.

Who has let all of the air out of my balloon? I've no energy!! My (((((boing)))) has vanished! I need sleep.

Moan over.

Will go catch up and come back as the Mouse you all know and love

carers are here at the mo, there are two car loads waiting for the tip which weill be done later

suns out thank goodness cause tumble dryer screwed lol

found pegs for hanging out washing-phew!

looking forward to making homemade chicken curry for me and my friend tonight
I'll make the kids spag bol