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

morning everyone!!!

so good to see everyone cheerful and positive!! its amazing isnt it?, it really does only take a few days for the 'alkie mood' to begin lifting!!!

i am running late, as usual, so for now -

LOVE TO YOU ALL - AND REMEMBER!!!!

TODAY WE WILL NOT BE DRINKING!!! [GRIN]

see you later babes!!!

btw, wasnidi, dont get me started!, i am a terrible 'virtual flirt', just ask miflaw, poor man!!

Trinity!! or should I say Triple?

How are you going? How was yesterday?

yestersay was great and awful in mixed measured all day

today has brought a weird calm over me

I dont know why

but I've only had 2 and a bit hours slepp so will be passing out soo...zzzzzz

Argh, it's only 10 o'clock in the morning (9 with you!) and already I can't keep up!!

Hello Saffy, well done on not drinking since Friday, and for just a couple of glasses not a total bender! As Wasindie said, already Day 5.

LELB - Be proud of yourself for not drinking, rather than worrying about the smoking. As everyone says, first things first!

Wasindie- awwww at the smile!

WasIndie - I have twin daughters too - mine are now 15 though - double hormones, boyfriends, angst....it's enough to drive you to ....tea and fizzy water (though not together!) Mouse - so sorry to hear about your triplets, bless.

Good morning everyone,

Welcome prime - you are in the right place! And glad that you kept posting last night silver, how are you doing today?

Love the fact you got a smile wasindie!

JWN - definitely mental images of Diana Dors now!

mouse - I am so sorry that you went through the loss of your triplets. That must have been extremely difficult to deal with. I cannot imagine it.

lowenergy and saffy - welcome back!

triple - glad that yesterday was a success and that you are feeling calm today.

maddogs - I am also struggling to keep up!

desire - did you achieve all your goals for the evening?

HUGE apologies to anyone I have missed off! But a good morning to you all!

Morning prime,

Are you back in the UK now? (Just being nosy so don't reply if you don't want to!)

I also will not be drinking today! (Although I felt bloody close to it for an hour or so last night - managed to get past it though. Phew!)

Hi Moomin!
What caused your wobble last night? Do you know? Glad that you didn't give in!

Prime - I also moved to a foreign country when pregnant with dd, so she was born abroad, and we then moved to a different foreign country when she was 3 months old. I found it incredibly hard and ended up with PND, so I really, really sympathise with your situation.

As MIFLAW would say though, it's an illusion that drinking makes things better, it can only make things worse. Great that you've decided not to drink today

Hello maddogs,

Not really sure... It was a sunny evening and I was just feeling a bit pissed off and a bit low and fancied a drink. Madness! Anyway, had a word with myself and the moment passed - eventually! Thank you for asking.

Morning All,

Welcome to Prime and Silver, I know that you will get lots of support on the board. I am on day 6 (never thought I'd say that) and everyone has been incredible.

Red - well done on getting past the near wobble. I was the same myself last night, perhaps something in the air.

Wasindie - very happy that you got that smile, although a tiny bit jealous of the wee baby grins.

JWN - I am now even more in awe of you with the Diana Dors image!!

Mouse - so sorry about the loss of your triplets. I had two miscarriages last year and struggled a lot to move - I am not sure that you ever do.

Hi to everyone else, am getting slightly mixed up with names, so will no doubt get to know you better soon. Must consult my list!

All good here today. DD slept till 7.30am this morning!!! Unheard of in this house, we are normally all up before 6. Plus DH working at home today so we all had a nice long lie in. I think this is the first day I feel much better. And guess what ... (albeit through the spots)... I can see signs of glowing in my skin. Put on weight though. What's that all about.

Morning MsGee,

So sorry to hear about your miscarriages. Again it's just not something I can comprehend. Have so much admiration for everyone who gets through that kind of terrible situation.

I am so pleased that you are starting to feel a bit better! (Will definitely have some of that cake !)

Morning wasindie!

yep managed a little nap whilst the kids watched curious george all snuggled up in bed next to me

woke up just now becasue I fell off the side of the bed

turns out three wriggly girls and a knackered mummy dont quite fit on a double...

Ok toffee cake all round ... I can always send DH out for more

Thanks Red - miscarriages were v hard at the time,but I feel more accepting of the whole situation now. It took a lot of convincing for DH to try for another and after the miscarriages, he really didn't want to try again. Which was horrible because I felt like I'd ruined my only chances of another child. We did try again this year for a while but I really wasn't ready and neither was he. I'd love another child one day but I have enough on my plate right now - and I have a lovely family and if it stays the three of us, then I still think I'm pretty lucky.

Learning to be content with what you have rather than always wanting something more is a lesson that I am trying to learn.

prime - there's no point beating yourself up or worrying about the past. Unfortunately we cannot change that. However we can make sure that today is different by not picking up the first drink. And you are doing that! Fantastic.

MsGee - I think that that is an important lesson for us all to learn!

Morning.

WARNING SELFISH MOAN ALERT

I have had so little sleep that I may cry. DS has been wide awake since half past four, but was very restless before that too. I've been in and out of bed with him all night and as a result, I'm in agony. The left side of my hip and pelvis is agony. My physio is away for 2 more weeks too.

He fell asleep again in bed with me 20 minutes before I had to get him up for his first tube feed.

Anyway, I'm going to catch up now and then disappear for a while.

Wasindie - those first smiles melt your heart completely. The world stops for those few brief moments and all you can see are those smiles. Lovely.

MsGee - I'm so sorry that you too have suffered the pain of miscarriage. And thank you for the toffee cake, not a cake fan, more a fan of cheese, but I quite like the sound of that! Yum.

Triple - I'm so very pleased that yesterday was a good day overall for you. I thought about you often as the day passed. I'm sure that from this point on, you will get stronger and stronger.

Red - sorry to hear you had a wobble last night, I did too. Not sure why, I just felt that way out and I think that my gaurd was down being so tired. Well done for not giving in! (I didn't either btw)

Saffysmum - nice to see you back here! Wow! Double trouble teenage twins! Rather you than me, I can just about handle a hormental 11 year old DD!!

lowenergy - hello to you also! Nice to see you back.

Prime - glad to see that you have come back again today.

Silver - I hope that you are ok. Please don't think that you can't come back. No-one is here to judge you, we are all in the same boat. Well, on the same bus!

JWN - I cannot remove Diana Dors from my mind. That is how I picture you now. All glam but sophisticated too!

Phew! If I missed anyone I'm sorry. Right, off to do part 2 of DS's feed.

Hello mouse,

I am so sorry you are so tired and in so much pain you poor thing. I wish I could take it away from you. Hope to 'see' you soon x

triple - I hope you were not injured when you feel out of bed!

*fell out of bed, of course. Gah!