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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pickle congrats on 2+ weeks, I haspire to go that long! I did about 3-4 weeks last year but only after a very heavy night which scared me shitless! Keep concentrating

hippychick the demon chatter is bloody irritating, I'm trying to find a way to ignore it. Telling it to 'fuck the fuck off' is not working, maybe I need better distraction plans.....but please don't say housework {grin]

...in fact......dinner is over (roast pork, crakling, roasties, spiced red cabbage, loadsa gravy, yum!), DS is in the bath, DH is building a bait boat and I can hear the whiskey demon........

hi WIN

all is good in casa Diabolik GF has given up on the idea ..even though we do have booze in the house - suppose dinner helped woth that..

Any one able to explain the difference between open and closed AA meetings ?

Well, I haven't been on the AA website for a while at least a week but from what I can recall, open meetings are ones where you can take someone with you kind of like an introduction type thingy and closed are for only those who think they have a problem
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Ex I bought a copy of Allan Carr's book about 18mths ago......maybe I'll dig it out...

Munkymaz - get in the bath with or after DS ( depending on age!) Quick pamper - even if it is 15 mins - I paint my nails - have a bit of a fetish for purple, navy or black - keeps my busy! Before you know it whisky o'clock will have passed
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hippy DS is only 8 but loves sharing baths, unfortunately he is about 5'tall so no room for me anymore .....watching X Factor results show, then hot choc and bed for me..xx

At least he still wants to - making eye contact with my DS in public is now a hanging offence! Enjoy the rest of your evening.
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munkymaz DO!!! I bought mine 8 years ago and started to read it hoping it would teach me how to have just a couple of drinks rather than loads and loads, but when I realised it was telling me that the only way forward was to stop altogether, I ran a mile! It really has been like a magic spell, just unlocking the key to the addiction and removing it. At worst, it won't do anything! What have you got to lose? I've read loads and loads of positve review about it since stopping myself, and it seems that there are lots of people out there who have been really helped by it.

I would however say that if I were you I wouldn't look at too many reviews before reading it, you need to approach it with an open mind and engage with it on your own terms. If you search out a bad review it won't help you to be open minded. I would love to know how you get on!

You too hippychicky

sorry I missed a bit from my post........
fast forward to 8 years after I bought the book, and I realise that the only way of reducing the amount I drink is by stopping drinking altogether, and I started to read the book again. I didn't expect magic, but...............

Ex I read all the reviews before I bought it an dthought 'Wow, this is the answer!' Read about 1/3 and put it down, it was meaningless! I know it is under my bed so now might be the time.......

Why did it feel meaningless?
It's funny, I think if I actually met Allen Carr, I wouldn't like him, but my goodness I would definitely want him on my side in a fight!
There is a right time for these things, hopefully it's now.

Hi, I just wanted to say i think this thread is fab, i am wanting to cut down myself and haven't yet read all the other threads but well done all. Only joined mumsnet tonight and all the initials of things are a wee bit confusing but i'll be checking on this one tmoz. Having a cheeky one tonight but i'm starting the count down now, bought that Alan Carr book but haven't read it yet, maybe thats the first step. Catch up tmoz, congrats all x

Ex I think it was meaningless 'cos I didn't want to acknowledge it wasn't ready at the time, but now maybe I am

worried welcome, emjoy that cheeky vimto and hopefully see you tomorrow

Ex, I have heard loads of positive reviews about the Alan Carr book.
He helped me quit smoking.
DP thinks I am just a irresponsible, stupid drinker. IMO that completely undermines how completely hopeless, guilty, pathetic and self-loathing I feel when I wake up after a binge.
I am looking forward to a Monday without all that shit tomorrow.
One day at a time. Today I didn't drink but being completely honest, it has been freaking hard. Sunday is my traditional "getting wasted, not giving a shit day" when DP looks after the kids because I'm incapable.
It's nice to read the Sunday papers for the second week in a row on an actual Sunday.
Not on a Monday sat on the loo bathing the girls through the acute pain of a vicious hangover.

luci enjoy that Monday morning feeling, I know I'm going to

You're doing brilliantly by the way

Brilliant achievement luci
I seem to have transferred my anxiety about getting through the day without a drink to anxiety about having a hangover - the thought really scares me - I guess that's progress!

hippy I think that's called 'seeing it through to the end'......if you can imagine the hangover, it puts you off picking up that first drink.......somewhat starting to work for me.......

mmm hot choc just finished me off, bedtime for me.....goodnight babes (and blokes )

Time for me to head off - much earlier than normal but I've got a big day at work tomorrow.
Another sober weekend under my belt - who'd have thought - certainly not me.

Well done to everyone.....for abstaining, for cutting back and limiting....for returning to the thread after a slip up...or just for reading and starting to think about joining in.
Night all

hello all!, hi to worried! - had a resonable day here, managed not to stuff mils head in to the yorkshires!

i think i will have a look at this allen carr book, i think anything that is seen as a positive help is a good thing!

luci - im so pleased for you!, keep this up for a few more days and you really will feel so much better!, each day sober is heaven!, i used to get totally pissed on a sunday , monday was always such a trial, i would be shaky, proberbly smelly , bloodshot eyes, useless at work and feeling so bloody guilty for wasting another weekend - weekends now are a joy!, i get so much done, socialise, sleep properly, eat properly, ohh its wonderful!

anyway, off to make some horlicks, sunday papers in bed, alls well with my world!

btw, the thought of a hangover is too horrible to contemplate!

night all!!

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hi worriedwedny - I'm new to this too, but getting the hang of it.
An having ONE white wine spritzer then off to bed. that beats my normal two bottles over the weekend by quite a bit. am chuffed, but will see how the will power holds out during the working week!