The Braves Babes Battle Bus - NOT stopping at the pub!!

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Hello

I'm Mouse. I've been sober for over a month now, thanks to the support of posters on this and previous threads.

No matter where you are up to with your sobriety, you'll find someone here who has been in your shoes!

Come and meet the other Brave Babes........

And here are the other threads for those who want to read them.

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

Thread two

Thread three

Thread four

Thread five

Thread six

Ha ha yes the baseball bats were a good touch! Phil does a pretty sinister drunk doesn't he? So sending you good contract getting vibes for tommorrow, sure the pretty nails will help .

starting sounds like you have good advice already. Its so hard though when others want to drink and make you feel bad for not joining in.

I am sad- I feel quite trapped- I love to go running and have my half marathon in a month but once my 2 dc are in bed after 7 I'll be stuck in the house. I'm just so worried what I'll get up to- I'm no good in my own company.

Hi Mouse and Wasindie.

The chain reaction idea has definately happened here. My dh decided to join me (temporarily) two weeks after I started. He laughingly said the 'peer pressure' in the house was too much but it obviously got him thinking. I am pretty sure if I had suggested it at the beginning he would have shrugged me off - just as I would have if the tables were turned. Hopefully Starting your actions may have a positive effect on your friend.

feed - have you spoken to your dh about all this? (sorry if i have missed any relevant post!) - how about, with the money you save from not drinking you buy yourself a running machine/treadmill thing, and use it in the evening? - i have a friend who has one and she runs in about 4 marathons a year! (mad woman! )

thanks for vibes wasnindi and pav! , i have a feeling my nails will clinch the deal!

Orf to Bedfordshire here.

DD starts senior school in the morning and I need to be 'super strong, not over tired, not crying, and actually dressed' mum for her.

Night Braves Babes! xx

Sorry, hello lovely pav. How rude of me.

Night all xx

That has got me thinking.

I would have said "I like being in my own company" but I would have to hastily admit that I am also partial to "my own fuzzy comatose company"

Ah Mouse - good luck for you and your DD tomorrow. My little one started little school today. All these milestones - without hangovers too

Wishing everyone some decent sleep tonight. x

PS I keep thinking about you MissP - hope you are well.

Night all X

Thanks. I hope you are right, I feel as though I have let her down. Bed now, hopefully for lots of sleep. That wine is still safely in the fridge.

Sleep well everyone.

im off to bed - it was a milestone here today, dd started her foundation course at college - seems like only a year ago i was dropping her off in reception class, a pocahontas back pack and a barbie lunch box under her arm (i think she lost them by about day 3! )

anyway, will be thinking of medium-mouse tomorrow!

see all you lovely babes in teh morning!

Good morning. I am going to have another alcohol free day today.

Am in south east here. Is cold but there is a blue tint to the sky! I hope everyone has a good day.

Morning Brave Babes!

Wasindie - we had the new haircut conversation last week, and she has asked to use my make-up!

She looks so grown up!

JWN - good luck re the contract, not that you'll need it you glamour puss you!!

starting - well done on staying sober all night.

It's glorious here but the fences are steaming! We had so much rain last night, I thought I'd wake with webbed feet!! So the sun is making it all spooky and mysterious outside!

I slept like a baby who sleeps last night! (just for you that one Wasindie) and woke before anyone else around 6am. All raring to go!! Very busy day here! Docs for a full MOT, contact lense check, and then meeting DD after school in town.

What is everyone else doing? Apart from NOT DRINKING!!!!!!!

Good morning to starting and wasindie and to the rest as you arrive.

I have one friend who I have not seen in the time that I have not been drinking. Partly because we have both been busy but also I dropped out of a pre-arranged evening out because I knew it would be a massive drinking session (planned around when she could deal with a hangover) and I really didn't have any alternative strategy except not to go. I have spoken to her a bit on the phone (once when we both had a bottle open - mine was fizzy elderflower and grape, hers wasn't) that was a bit like a virtual evening out, and I have been emailing her too. But I do not know what the future holds for our friendship - it will certainly on different terms if it continues.

I too have loads of work to do, my office is a bit of a tip and there's always a danger that there could be something important lurking in there unanswered - eek.

No heating on here yet, despite the cold, rainy, windy weather. Not because I'm particulalry stoical, but the boiler is f*ked and the new one is not being fitted till 23rd. Could be getting all my winter jumpers out over the next couple of weeks.

Morning Mouse, I no longer have any school age children - now that does feel strange. Hope it all goes well at the docs.

morning all, really quick one as im running late (as usual!)

good luck at the docs mouse!

thanks for all teh good vibes! - btw, today i am mostly wearing my black gucci shoe-boots with 5 in heel! (i always have a good day when i wear them!) so remember my lovley babes

TODAY WE WILL NOT BE DRINKING!!

(i really cant drink while wearing those shoes or i will end up doing a 'dick emery'! )

btw, i DO know that im a label tart!

Morning all,

I'm in the North-West also and it is pretty grim. Didn't sleep too well 'cos of all the sodding rain (and there was me banking on Wasindie's prediction of Day 4 = Lovely Sleep!)
Probably a good job as DS was back to school today so running round like an excited puppy. I even remebered his dinner money!

And so Day 5 begins....