The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Next Stop Sobriety!

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Hello, welcome to thread number six!!

I'm Mouse and, thanks to these threads, I quit the booze on August 2nd 2010.

This truly is a fantastic source of support for anyone who wants it! Full of real, honest, everyday people who are all at different stages of quitting the booze, cutting down or being long term sober.

There are no judgmental 'know-it-alls' here, whatever your circumstances, you will be supported all the way.

Come and meet the rest of The Brave Babes........

And, as before, here are the previous five threads for those who would like to see how this all began.

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

Thread two

Thread three

Thread four

Thread five

Wasindie

No nap I'm afraid. The pressure you are under must make it really hard for you sometimes.

Your DP is so lucky to have you by her side. You sound so solid! Yes, parenthood changes your view on lots of things, especially money!!

I constantly worry how we can survive now that I am DS's full time carer. DH runs his own business so I can understand how you must feel, the only 'bread winner'

BUT - look at what you were able to do today. You were able to get out of the house with the twins and your DP. You diffused the situation. You made her smile and that is, to coin an advertising sloggan, priceless!

Wasindie

Always here to listen. When DS spent most of his first three months in hospital, it nearly killed me. I had to express breast milk for him, not only because of his cleft palate but because he was in neonates for so long.

I hated having to leave him each night. It tore me appart. I cried and cried until I fell asleep each night. And do you know what? I never once got pissed. Just in case I had to go to him in the night. Just in case the worst happened. Just in case.

And those memories get me through this. Help me not to drink. The what if I need to drive. What if I need to get him to hospital tonight.

There are lots of other reasons not to drink. But, they all add up and make this cause stronger.

Make me stronger. Every hour of my life that I get back makes me want to live longer.

To enjoy my family. My DH, my DD and my tiny DS!

Phew. Not sure where that came from!!

Bedtime for me. I hope you are okay Silver and prime

Hope to see posts from you tomorrow when I'm back. Night all.

wasindi - you sound a lovley partner and a super mummy!, i think any woman would give her right arm to have the help, love and support you are giving your dp right now! , i am in awe of her myself, i only had one baby and didnt even try to bf! (i dont know if you ever saw my post, but dds father was taken by the gendarmes and arrested for murder the day she was born - i was a bit stressed.)

mouse, your wit and wisdom amaze me daily!, what a super friend i have found!

btw, i understand totally about work, i work for the company my df founded and which dh now runs - we have been on a knife edge for a while, bloody terrifying!

mouse - how is your dd?, i imagine it must be very hard for you to give her all the attention you would like to. i know my sil struggles with her other dcs when the baby is ill. (thats the one that was in gos)

prime - one of us is usually about, so do keep posting! - one of the things we do talk about is projection - worrying about how we will cope days down the line, the thing is not to do this, take it one day at a time, keep sober today - worry about tomorrow when it gets here iyswim?, just a day at a time is all anyone can realisticly do!

sweet uncomplicated dreams to you allx

Silver

Try and drink some water. And take some to bed. Night.

Prime

Well done on day three. See you tomorrow.

JWN

You have helped me to be this person. You have helped me to stop hiding and be myself by stopping drinking. Thank you xx

Wasindie

I think that what you and DP do each and every day is amazing. I struggle with 1 baby and could never cope with 2. We lost triplets 5 years ago this September.

I can't imagine having to do three times what I do now. You are amazing. Keep going. I hope that you all get some sleep. See you tomorrow lovely. xx

Off to bed now. Night night all. xx

Sorry JWN, meant to say DD is amazing. She helps me so much and loves DS unconditionally.

She is my little helper and I love having her around. She even helps with his medical stuff! She knows nearly as much as I do!

She's my little star! All 11 years of her. [smile

Wasindie

Diana Dors was delightfully lush. Very stunning. So, you are forgiven!!

4 hours is about the same here. I need 4 solid hours to function and then I'm good. At the moment, I'm running on 3 broken hours.

Yikes!! How on earth did it get to 11pm?

Right, off to bed now, no more MNing!!

Hope you sleep well lovely. Enjoy your 4 hours. See you tomorrow. Give the twins a hug from me, I'm uber broody!!!!!!!

hi all

hope everyone is well

wasindie, thats amazing isn't it

my little moonpie does that when I change her now

Morning all - been away for a few days and come back to a new thread! Had a slip up on Friday, just a couple of glasses, but picked myself up and dusted myself down, and have been on the tea and fizzy water since. Hello to our newbies. Have a great day everyone. X

Morning everyone

I really hope everyone managed to some decent, uninterrupted sleep last night.

Mouse I'm so sorry to hear that you lost your triplets, that must have been devastating. My mum lost Quads (!) before she had me, and I know she still thinks of them on their birthday every year - they would have been 40 this year I think Your daughter sounds adorable too. You have really been through a lot, yet you sound so positive and accepting.

WasIndie I agree that you sound like a wonderfully supportive partner and a lovely person. And I really admire your DP for BFing, it must be really draining especially in the beginning. Are the girls synchronising their sleep a little better now?

JWN I don't seem to have said Hi to you for ages, so hello! Can't believe there was a punch-up at AA! What on earth were they fighting about? Hope your dd is ok after the split with her boyfriend.

Hello and welcome Silver . How are you feeling this morning? Do you think you can make the decision to not drink today?

Hello Prime I can imagine that being home alone all day must be so tough. I was climbing the walls to come back to work by the time dd was 2, just to have something to engage my brain and other people to talk to. I know it's not the same talking to people on a computer screen, but it's certainly better than nothing so I hope we can help.

Nice to see you venus looking forward to hearing all about your break!

Hi to everyone I have missed!

I've managed t not drink since last week - but in order to do so I had to fall off the smoking wagon. MIFLAW was right, it was a big ask to try and do both at once.

The one day at a time mentality has been really useful. ALthough some evenings have been difficult.

you do all know i'm trinity...

I didn't come up with this fab name that says trinityrhino but doesn't by the way

I'm so not cool enough