The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Carry On Past The Brewery!

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Hello.

I'm Mouse and I've been on the bus for 2 months now and not fallen off it as yet. It's much more comfortable than The Wagon!

Anyway, this is thread number nine!

Everyone is welcome to join at any point of the journey, drinking or not, wanting to stop or just to cut down.

Jump on board, you won't be judged, just supported whatever you decide.

Here is the history of The Brave Babes if you want to have a read.

JWN's original thread

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JJ - who knows re Nemo?

We have been told so many different things. He'd eat at six months, eat when his reflux stopped , eat when he hits one........

He does put the odd bit of food in his mouth. I tried to wean him for 28 weeks. It broke me. I cried so much. Then The Powers That Be said 'oh, well yes, he must have Sensory Feeding Disorder. You don't say.

So, onwards we go, keep trying with different foods, letting him get messy, making it fun etc.

He'll get there, when he is ready. As with all the other bits that aren't quite right.

Morning Mouse - there's nothing quite so delicious as a nights sleep when you have got little ones is there.
Glad to see you back silver

Well I take my hat off to you mouse - you're an inspiration woman!!!!

Sometimes when DD is having an off day I find myself wanting to scream with frustration then I think FFS, get a grip and think of you and nemo

Hey hippy

JJ - bless your heart. We all have our hurdles don't we? xx

Hi ho Silver...

Come back on, get settled down. Do you need a sick bag? Or do you want a bag where you can put any guilty, self-loathing, self-indulgent feelings - then we can throw it out of the window (into a suitable landfill / incineration site) and you can get on with the business of building yourself up again and being the real person you want to be.

PS to getting I'm not nearly as nice as I sound - ask my dcs - I'm only nice to lure you in and then I'll hit you with a disappointed look

Thanks SAF, Venus, Hippy

Now - what can I eat next..............

Good to be back

xxxxx

right have dusted off bread-making machine...not sure if this is a good or a bad thing!!!

bread in machine - god that was so simple why do I never bother - off to newsagent to spend the money I would have spent today on alcohol on trashy magasines.

Time is passing soooooooooooooo slooooowly!

S x

Bread making is something Ive never got round to - hope it turns out nice!

Bread came out - not tasted it yet- never tried a cake - task for tomorrow! Bonus in that DP got home early so got to go swimming and sauna at wine o'clock time. At least feel v relaxed now - thought I'd post before I become X-Factor widow - just didn't get into this series probably because was too busy finding ways to drink without DD realising.

Have a lovely chilled evening babes.

TONIGHT I WILL NOT BE DRINKING

XXXXX

well, so ends another day! , been totally mad here and i STILL havent finished my work! , so, tomorrow im working from home! (i feel like stamping my feet and slamming doors! ) my poor old df is feeling really rough , cant stop being sick, i think its proberbly the anasthetic coming out of system - we are going to see him tomorrow afternoon.

i just loved SCD earlier, i think this years competition is going to be tough!

anyway, have a lovley sober evening babes!, im off to bed in a bit, need to be up bright and early in the morning!

end of DAY ONE

sweet dreams babes - bus leaving early so be ready to hop on!

xxxx

morning all...siver do you use sourdough in your bread? will be cranking my machine back to life once it comes out of storage when we are living in more than one room...

Well done swllowed, that 7 day thing feels so good doesn't it?

jwn sorry fil is feeling so rough, and hope you get on top of your work today.

mouse, hope you're feeling rested this morning...haven't had the chance to read back sorry for my ignorance...

venus...oh, the disappointed look; i can kill with that, to my shame...

hippy and jab, morning, don't dare flick back to the previous page to see who else posted yesterday afternoon, in case i lose this lot, so apologies!

Sober one for me, had a teary evening unfortunately. Things getting a bit on top of me. I seriously considerd sneaking a few mouthfulls of devil water at about 4, but am at least now acutely aware of how it smells on me. I can't believe how deluded i was for so many years about that little give away, dozy cow. So i had a little alchohol free weep, without the danger of it turning in to some kind of 'big thing' which it undoubtedly would have done otherwise.

Rugby this morning, then home to the chicken and chorizo casserole i shall leave slowly cooking for our retur.

laters all

Morning Algee

No sourdough I juse use the recipie book that came with the machine - water, skimmed milk powder, sunflower oil, salt sugar, flour and yeast - have never actually tried more than one recipe in five years!!!

I know how you feel about the smell thing - when I'm not drinking I can IMMEDIATELY smell alcohol on people that have been drinking, whether they have been drinking then or the next day. AND IT IS FOUL. How we delude ourselves that no-one will notice when we've snuck a few in is unbelievable.

Got DD and SD ans SS today so might be a little busy to post but but will be on later

Well done for resisitng the slurp - it's just not worth it.

XXXXX

Morning babes, very impressed by all this talk of freshly baked bread - yum.

Sorry to hear you had a tough evening algee so doubly well done for resisting. The smell thing is horrible, not long ago a friend of mine referred to someone else "who had obviously been drinking the night before" because she could smell it on her. It certainly made me mumble my hello's on the school run for a while (obviously did not stop the drinking at the time though)

Well done SAF on 7 days and enjoy your lunch

JWN, it seem you are now intrinsically linked to leopard print in mind. On SCD I immediately thought of you when Carly (I think) did her dance.

Hoping you are OK Christi and Wasindie.

All other babes, wishing you all a very lovely Sunday. I am going to watch DH compete in a triathalon (bonkers man) so lots of standing around in the rain.

Take care x

Well done SAF

Morning everyone, confession time here, resisted urge to text my friend on Friday to have some wine, however my cousin called down with couple bottles of wine in tow and did I resist, no:(
Was so annoyed with myself yesterday as that had been two evenings in a row, energy level was non-existant yesterday which annoyed me more as because I work full-time I use the weekend to catch up on housework and now am annoyed with myself again this morning because house looking like a tip:(
So today I will not be drinking . .

morning all!

good on you algee!, you know that sip would have turned you into a blubbing wreak!

all this talk of food is making me hungry, chicken and chorizo sounds delish! i am about to bung beef casserole in the slo-cooker and i now feel like dusting off the bread maker!

btw pav, no amount of leopard print or spangles will make me look like kara tointon gain! , i have a horrible feeling i look more like a beryl cook birthday card lady! [

Hi everyone. Well done to those that reistedand got through another Saturday night.
desire - Catch up on some of the work this mornign - but make sure you do something nice for yourself at somepoint today, otherwise it just feels like you are punishing yourself and then the whole cycle starts again and before you know it you will need to "treat" yourself again.
x

desire - all you can do is dust yourself off and get on with it! , dont beat yourself up, look forward the new week and get your bum into gear today!, get on with that housework woman!, coming back to a tip next week after work will only make you feel more rubbish!

Thankd Hippy and JWN for kick up backside! Going to tackle housework now . . but will keep lurking or posting throughout the day if only to stop me picking up that first glass!

Desire, if it's any comfort, I screwed up (again) last night. Not on the scale of recent binges but enough to remind myself that normal drinking appears to be beyond me.
I am panicking a bit. I know I have to stop but keep thinking "just one more weekend then I'll quit."
Oh God.
I probably won't be around today. Going to get back on the bus later on and snuggle down at the back with a blanket if that's ok..?

Afternoon babes.

2 glasses of cava here last night! It was lovely. Date night.

Anyway. I wanted to say that I only had 2 glasses and wanted no more. I was happy to go to bed without having opened any wine or consumed 'shit loads' of vodka either which would easily have been my previous form on a Saturday night.

I feel bright eyed and clear headed which is wonderful and I won't be drinking today.

So, why can I do that after how I used to drink? Is it my reslove not to be a piss head? A fuck up? It is my reason (Nemo)?

Hmm..... food for thought for the day.

Hope you all find ways to get through the day for those who are struggling. xx