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

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Well, this is our tenth thread so we are throwing a little party!

Everyone is invited! No booze of course, soft drinks and mocktails only!

I'm Mouse, hello.

There are all kinds of drinkers on board the bus. Come and join the journey, whatever stage you are at, drinking, cutting down, wanting to stop or sober already.

Everyone is welcome to post here. Come say hi.

The journey so far is below.

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pumpkin - my dh is interesting, he is also very odd at times, i love him dearly and tbh, at times its just as well i do! , his latest thing is scuba diving , the other morning i got up to go for a wee, came back and he was sitting up in bed wearing a snorkle and a mask! , i did ask if it was a new game but apparently he was checking the suction!

oooh a puppy!! forthe, has he still got huge paws for his size and loads of 'spare' skin?

i wish my dh would take up computer games!

Delicious, but I just wolfed it down as if I had finished a hard shift. The spicy aromatic rice didn't quite work. I had (genuinely) been put off Indian food since the curry they FORCED us to eat in Primary School. With sultanas in it. I remember the sultanas on the way up. Madhur Jeffrey is much much better than that. House smells nice. But far too long.

Puppy smaller than the last dead rat I saw.

With very fast heartbeat, and imploring little eyes. And very smelly poo, but got it in the litter tray.

She was the smallest of the litter.

Well done demented!

Between husbands and puppies, it sounds as if you have your hands full, Zombie, Forthe!

OK, DH stopped playing computer and gave me a hug while I had a little cry, and now he's taking me out to the video rental. So that's nice.

Will try not to buy wine on the way.

And well fed rats round here.

Nice one, LRP's dh. No TV can be hard.

ah, the smelly poo - i remember that from when the cats were little! uuggghh!!!

anyway, am off to bed, had a really busy day, done some shopping, got a great new bag! , another busy day lined up for tomorrow - loads of cooking to do, i want to clear up the leaves from teh patio and i also want to go and see my df, he is doing really well, but is not mobile enough yet to leave the house, he and dm have now been alone together for nearly a week!, i think they are ok, havent seen anything on teh news yet about old people killing each other! (there is still time though! )

see you all tomorrow babes!!

L XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Back later. Chucked off computer. Not long until bedtime. Or talk to you tomorrow.

GF pissed and talking shit about x factor - I really couldn't care less about it - - trying to ignore it but its becoming tedious ... god was I this bad as well :(

You were brilliant yesterday early evening, Diabolik. Really inspired me to get on with stuff. I think it was the kitchen floor that go me going. Cheers.

starting to get the ump here -

Just think how good you will feel tomorrow for your run.

How much has she had to drink diabolik? I've knocked back a bottle of red (again) tonight, have watched the X Factor and am still worryingly sober.
That's how I know I have a problem. I could easily neck another bottle, no problem.
Am going to leave it there. DP has had 2 cans of beer and is finished with drinking.
Night night brave babes and boys.
XX

go to bed and leave her to it Diabolik.
night night all
off to bed, sober as a judge!!

Hi, hope you're all OK. Just wanted to come on and bore you all again about me!
I stopped drinking on the 16th August, and I haven't had a drink since. I haven't really wanted a drink since. I am so pleased with myself for not drinking, so ridiculously happy every morning that I don't have a hangover. I feel clean and clear and fresh. I have been given so much time, so much. There's still never enough, but I seriously do not know how I coped when my evenings were spent drinking wine.

Stopping drinking has been the most incredible gift, and I will never stop appreciating how wonderful life is without alcohol in it.

OK OK, enough of that. I really wanted to tell you again how I did it and hope that it might help someone else. I promise I'm not here to boast, but I would love to hear someone else, just one person would be enough saying that they have their life back too. Allen Carr's easy way to control alcohol.

2 bottles of white on an empty stomach - slurring away and repeating her self am waiting for the vodka to be opened ..

will do dm

oh god, diabolik, that must be a nightmare. I guess in some ways it's quite a good thing, as in it puts you off drinking a bit , but in the other hand I guess it makes your relationship a bit tricky.
A couple of nights before I stopped drinking on holiday, dh and I spent an evening with another couple. The other woman got absolutely TRASHED. It was a gift. I really felt like she was sent to help me, to remind me of why I needed to stop, and to remind me of how I have been many times in the past. I'm glad I'm not married to her though!

Hi, ED, I was just going to tell LR about your enthusiasm for Allen Carr. I think I am going to get it.

Diabolik, are you going to bed now? What are your plans for tomorrow? It must be the run? Sleep well.

Hi - stepped off the bus tonight - why?
Because I thought I deserved it and I am stupid. If I felt Ok about drinking sometimes I wouldn't feel shit when I did.
Kids were both out, I've worked really hard all day painting an outside wall, and thought why not...now I just think why?
Off to bed soon, already feeling groggy.
Well done to all those who will be feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed tomorrow.

Please please get it. Just one person to stop successfully in real time on mumsnet would be amazing. It could change everything for so many people. Thing is, imo reading it should be a relatively private experience, i.e. don't criticise it to other people until you're finished with it. You won't love everything about it, but you need to just accept it, do as your told by the bossy Allen Carr and be open minded.

Good luck.

Just got back - thanks so much everyone for chatting to me and helping me through a bad few minutes! We've got a silly video and some mango sorbet, and pizza in the oven, and I feel better! Still got some crap going on, but much better.

diabolik, I wish I could help. It does not sound fun at all for you right now, but I am deeply impressed at you not joining in with your GF - that would be a really tough one for me and I can't honestly say I'd manage it.

Hopefully you can maybe get her to help you out a bit by kicking the booze for a bit too?

Take care of yourself.