The Brave Babes Carry On The Charabanc Trip - Leaving The Booze Behind!

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Hello and welcome!

This is thread number eight!

The Brave Babes are all at different stages of quitting the booze. Some have stopped, some are thinking about it and some are just cutting down.

They are full of support and wisdom for those of you wishing to climb aboard the Bus or Charabanc!!

The Babes aren't an exclusive club, they never judge and they don't charge for advice either!

So, come meet them. I'm Mouse, by the way, and I've been sober since August 2nd 2010, something I would never have even considered without the support of these threads.

Here are the first seven threads, if you want a bit of history.

JWN's original thread

Thread two

Thread three

Thread four

Thread five

Thread six

Thread seven

Good morning SAF, well done for not using the side effects from your meds as an excuse.

If you fancy going for a Day 7 go for it!

Morning all....Day 3 for me too. Work is really busy but hopefuly I will manage to get through it without the ususal morning hangover. I actually managed to sleep from 11.30pm to 4.30am which for me is a bit of a record. I usually wake up after 2 hours dehydrated and spend the rest of the night dreading the morning.
My re-cycling bin is feeling decidedly neglected!
And today I will not drink
x

Hello

I'm going to lurk today. Sad anniversary of losing the triplets. Not feeling much use to you all.

BUT I won't be drinking.

Be Brave Babes. xx

Mouse for you

Thinking of you mouse
xx

Morning!

Ah Mouse, lurk away, we will miss your wisdom but respect your sad day.

Hello and welcome Blue - hope you're around too, keep reading. Drinking can be very lonely, I drifted away from all my friends before I stopped and find it very hard to form meaningful friendships even now (4 years on) - this is a good place for me to realise I'm not alone, I can say stuff here I would never tell in real life.

Getting I love hearing about your recycle box, I used to box up my cans and bottles and drop one in every box on my street I was so ashamed of my drinking, could never turn that into a conscious thought to stop tho, sigh.

Morning everyone else, enjoy a sober day. Today is my B'day and I'm happy to report, I will not be drinking x

Hello mouse will be thinking of you today x

Mouse, thinking of you today.
Dizzy, Happy Birthday
Red, good morning

Morning hippy, dizzy and desire,

Sorry if I have missed anyone else out as you have posted this morning.

Happy Birthday dizzy!

Morning everyone:)
Feeling a bit lost this week as after years of rearing 4 children on my own, 3 are now living away from home since yesterday (2 working, one at college) so only me and youngest daughter rattling round the house:(

Oh God Mouse! So sorry. Take care. XX

Looks like I am rattling around in this thread today:):):)

Not at all desire! I am here just trying to get on with things that I have got behind with with missing so much last week. How old's your daughter who is still at home?

Hello lucil. How are you doing today?

OK, is it just me who's here now?!

Mouse thinking of you today. Am so sorry. x

Red have you heard from DH today? Well done for staying sober - I think I'd have been fuming. Are you doing lots of work today? I am being marginally productive, so could be worse!

Dizzy Happy Birthday!

Desire no wonder you are feeling lost. It must be so difficult. Have they moved far away?

Hello MsGee. I have not seen DH today. Have seen FIL though and he was fuming on my behalf about the way DH has handled things. He is so sweet to me. Don't get me wrong FIL knows exactly what I am like and the havoc I have caused. Many's the time he has dragged me out of the pub himself but I think he thinks DH has gone about things like a bull in a china shop!

I am trying to get work done but keep drifting back here - cos you are the people who know what it's like!

Red I'm glad that you have FIL supporting you IRL. Do you think DH just needs to show his anger for a while? Is he trying to make a point? Its impossible to know what goes in the minds of other people, but letting you down without an explanation isn't fair.

But then perhaps he feels like being unfair for a bit?

I knew he was at the pub MsGee - I can't have been very clear before, sorry! I suppose I did feel let down because he knew I was coming round but I think it's like you say, he's showing his anger at the moment. I am not sure what will happen when the dust clears... The only thing that I am sure of is that I must stay sober, no matter what.

Hi Babes
Mouse - I'm sending you a ((hug)) and thinking about you today
Red - I'm glad to hear you are looking after yourself, it can be difficult to keep that focus when it's all gone tits up, you are a wonderful woman, worth looking after.
Wasindie - I'm not wise enough to say anything profound but it's good to see you x
Big waves to everybody else! x

Red, she is 15 and her sisters are now living about an hour or so away, just seems strange only the two of us there but she reckons it's her time to be spoilt, secretly I think it's my time to be spoilt

Hello MissP nice to see you! How are things with you? Thank you for your lovely words. Don't feel like a wonderful woman at times, that's for sure!

Hello again desire. I agree it's time for you to be spoilt. In fact I think it's time for us all to be spoilt!