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

mouse - we are fast getting to the end of teh thread, can you do the links as usual darling?

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Hi Maybe, I think that during my first few weeks my poor body was having to do a load of of work to repair all the low-level damage that I had done to it by my years of drinking. Anything where your body is repairing itself makes you physically very tired.

You also probably consumed a fair amount of calories through your drinking. Lots of us needed to replace that during the early weeks with lots of sugary foods or drinks. have you tried that? I know it doesn't sound very healthy to start downing lots of coke but it is not going to kill you whereas keeping on drinking might.

I now sleep so much better than I did when i was drinking. Then even what seemed like a long sleep never felt refreshing and I often woke up feeling crap at 5am. So now i sleep well and feel less tired during the daytime.

After I got over the initial tiredness phase I found that gentle walking really helped to lift my mood, and some of the mad people on here enjoy running or other extreme exercise.

Welcome, and please do join in.

Will do lovely lady!! Seeing as though you asked me so nicely!

Will do it in a mo, need to rescue Nemo from DD's quilt! Changing bedding and he thought it would be fun to hide!!!

Hi Pavlova, it is all good, even when it sometimes feels bad. Your post was lovely and it is nice to know that this thread is helping. I read a lovely quote today which summed up how I felt about contributing to this topic:

"If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together."

(Anonymous Australian aboriginal woman)

hi pav!! really nice to see you!!

venus - that quote is superb!! love it!

Actually it's 12 days rather than 2 weeks - but my brain is doing overtime at the mo. I'm thinking and overthinking alot.

Makes alot of sense what you are all saying about my body. Thankyou for taking the time to answer.

Jesus () - don't worry - i come onto MN for the straight talking. I see myself as a former) heavy drinker probably only becasue i enjoyed it whereas i tend to think of alcoholics as not enjoying it iyswim. i think that's probably the wrong way of looking at it - but i could drink alot and not be hungover. Slow and grumpy perhaps but not typically hungover. I've been drinking so long i'm not sure what i'm supposed to be feeling to feel normal anyway.

I am trying to lose weight too - this is all part of it. But i am figuring a coffe and two jammy dodgers of an evening can't be as bad . once again, thanks for taking the time out to help. I will be back (and catch up on thread with other stories).

As for excercise - hmm - that would be agood way of finding something to do of an evening - it's distractions i need.

new thread

Hi you lot. Silver here - 6 days alcohol free. Hate the word SOBER - sounds like a death sentence. i hope you are all good and happy and FREE. just thought I'd post because I have so much respect for you all. I don't know when i'll write again, but it gives me an invisible hand up the ladder. just knowing you are all there. sleep tight night night xxx

Nice to see you on here and on the new thread Siver.

Yeah 'sober' sounds dreary, dull and sombre, whereas I now have the energy to be intoxicated with life .