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

Thread two

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Thread eight

Hi christi - whenever people post on here they are trying to help, that's if they are not needing help. To hit the right spot with everyone every time is an impossible task - different people will want and need to hear different things at different times. Mouse was just putting forward another way of seeing things.
Don't sign off.
x

OH I see, sorry, well you see, I just came on and stopped... then ten days later started again... and then stopped...

You see, I think your slower approach probably allows for a more determined stop, whereas I'm just all or nothing and a complete fruitcake!

Phew! Glad others can see what I was doing.

Christi - don't go. I'm sorry xx

Each to their own as they say
x

X posted. Glad you are here. xx

Can I just tell you about my evening?
I was invited over to a friends for food - They offered to pick me up and take me home - assuming that I would be drinking. I decided to drive, which made life so much easier in terms of getting back early as I had left DC (teenagers) on their own.

Had a lovely evening, got home when I needed to and know that I will be waking up without a hangover. I know the struggle with booze is so much harder for some - just can't belive how much I have allowed it to dominate my life for so long.

Christi it's ok. No, i won't pour it away and stop, not tonight not now. But I WILL make this my last glass so that i can leave a little in the bottle rather than drain it. That way, I will have made a very small step and not drunk a whole bottle, even if it's just a little bit short.
I really do want to do this, but it seems such a long road and every time I fail,i hate myself more and the more I hate myself, the more i drink...................knowing that I have found some fellow passengers is SUCH a relief - i can't tell you!

hippy

Your evening is a HUGE achievement and you should be super proud of yourself.

I am so glad that you can already feel the benfits of not getting wankered on a Friday or any other night.

You have taken control and should be pleased with yourself. Especially given that you were around friends this evening and didn't cave in as it were.

Well done xxx

christi, Ma, Rage - just stop for a minute and think. breathe - slow down. it does not matter on this thread whether you are drinking, stopped, cutting down or trashed. we have all been there - we are all trying. so JUST STOP AND THINK and STOP FEELING BAD FOR POSTING ON HERE WHILE YOU ARE DRINKING. ffs if you can't talk here I challenge you to find somewhere else that you can. IT IS FINE TO TALK ON HERE IF YOU ARE DRINKING get that into your head. keep posting. and accept the help that is here. I had a big problem on this thread at first because I 'didn't feel worthy enough to be on it' - i was/am still drinking - now i don't give a fuck because this is my life line at the moment . DD here gotta go xxxx

ma

That's what I did when I started. I cut down. One less drink per night. One less bottle per week.

Then I fucked up so had to STOP. Everyone is different. You have to do what works for YOU!!!

You have to do what you feel comfortable with. YOU have to take this a step at a time and if that means that just for tonight, you DON'T drink the bottle, then bloody well done you!

It's not easy, however you do it. But, one less drink is less damage done and less of a hangover tomorrow

Thanks mouse - I'll keep the cat locked away!
...and to others - i would hate to think that people would feel that they couldn't post whilst they were drinking - as well as the support and strategies that you might get, surely it is helpful in that you can read back over it tomorrow, see first hand how you were feeling - knowledge is power and all that.
x

hippy - that has ALWAYS been the case with the thread, post no matter where you are in your journey. Drinking or not, all are welcome to post and to have their say.

I really think you are doing great. And hope that you are on the bus with us all for a long time to come.

Heading off now - hopefuly to sleep.
Thinking of everyone that's struggling - and full of admiration about the effort and the honesty.
Take care everyone,
x

hey - i could do with some support tonight - i've drunk too much - a hug would be nice - I'm very good at giving/offering/forcing advice - but very very bad at taking it, listening to it and acting on it ... x

ok - going for a fag and I am confident that someone will have posted support for me by the time i get back....approx 4 minutes ...x

Silver - what happened to DD time? You ok sweetheart. I'm here xx

Christi - been away for a while and catching up on the posts. But can I just say how delighted I am to read you being so positive. You have so bounced back and should be so proud. what a difference as you sounded so down not so long ago! Cheered me up.. Concerned about Red though..Come and say hi no matter what xx

Talk to us silver..

and have a too

Hey!! How are you? x

the fuck wits at blockbusters put wrong dvd in box - me and dd sitting down to watch St Trins 2 and they gave us st trins 1 - half an hour of tears and me on phone to assistant manager at local bb - not his fault i know ... anyway we watched madagascar 2 which was great - pop corn the works - but i now seem to have ended up very drunk. no DP coming home tonight - but I know i encouraged him to go out with his ates so I could drink.....

thanks looking how are you?

silver what happened babe?

PS thinking about going to AA and I know its supposed to be anonymous. But live in small place and what if someone is not discreet or I find happens to be on the train on daily commute? Or, if I am seen going into the hall and everyine knows where I am headed? Probably need the help, but I don't want to be looking out for people I might see again..

Gosh silver, sorry about your evening, when did you open the booze? Is that why you couldn't go back to shop to change film?

Looking,why do people go to AA?

Who will be in with you? Fellow drinkers! Whose going to tell? not them,that's for sure

Go to a meeting in the dark? Go to a different town?

more complicated than opening a bottle - off to bed now. love you all xxx