The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Carry On Past The Park Bench!

[HammerMouseOfHorrors]

Hello

I'm Mouse and one of the Brave Babes on the Battle Bus.

The bus is never full and you'll find a real mix of people on board, all with the same goal.

To take control of their drinking. Whether that's to stop completely or cut right down.

Everyone is welcome to get on the bus at any point. You will receive a warm welcome and plenty of support.

Some come meet the others.........

The journey so far.

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really sorry for the way I carried on last night . I'm ok, hungover and ashamed of myself, but OK.

I've asked for all last nights posts to be pulled, I included far too many identifying factors.

Just want to say thanks to everyonhe who was kind enough to try and support me last night

don't beat your self up Dichotomy. The sun is shining ( well it is here and I really should go for my run now before it turns ) and its a bright new day with a new set of cards having been dealt .

Hi all, i am not connected up to the internet! My battle with the booze started oh so well, about 5 weeks ago now, i was so focused then went to a wedding where i slipped up, i put it down to the situation but slowly I am getting back to where i used to be. Well....i am not going back there, i told myself i could just have a couple every now and then and now i have proved that actually i cant do that, which i knew all along anyway but i was so impressed i gave up and didnt touch any for ages i wondered how much of it was addicton and how much of it was habit. Im really annoyed with myself now I have got to start at the beginning.

hi hubbatoday is a new day, start again from the beginning, don't beat yoourself up, we're all learning here

dichotomy i really don't think there are many identifying features on your posts so don't panic. I hope you feel a small grain of positivity about today being a new day and you never have to get into yesterdays situation again if you take control which you can, you brave babe

hubbabubbababba get allen carr's easy way to control alcohol. Know how you feel and muchos sympathy. Allen Carr sorted me out. Good luck. The bus crew will be along soon to welcome you properly.

am still waiting for my copy to arrive ex drinker, can't wait

morning everyone!!, have a good run diabolik, i do like a firm thigh!![hwink]

hi hubba!! - what you have done is a classic!, that old fucker alcohol lulled you into a false sense of security!, fight back!, you can do it!!

now!, dich!!, - i reckon you must feel pretty bloody shitty this morning! - now, how about making today a REAL new start, no more buggering about with the booze, you KNOW it makes you unhappy, miserable, feel like shit, and last night my love, it was taking all sense of parental responsibility from you!, lets start again - clean slate!!, dont think about yesterday anymore, lets focus on today!!, lets get the REAL you back!!, be kind to yourself today, WE HAVE ALL fucked up, you are not alone in that, and my word, you are not alone today, you have all of us rooting for you - you have a lovley child who needs you, lets call today 'the beginning'!!!, have a hug!! (((( ))))

Hi dich...glad to hear that you are up and about. What are your plans for the day? Keep looking forwards not backwards.
x

dich, i have just found last nights thread!, what ARE you talking about woman??, OF COURSE you are worth any help we can all give you!!, you soppy bat!! , oh AND ANOTHER THING!! your dd loves you because you are her mummy!!, you are the strong woman who looks after her, feeds her, clothes her, puts a roof over her, you name it!!, my dds father hasnt seen her since she was very small, about 16 months i think, so i do know how hard it is, how down it make you etc, but i also know that you, just like i did, will find the strentgh to get through the crap and make a life for you both! so, like i said previously, today is a new beginning!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

thanks so much, I feel like crying now.

The thing is I KNOW I will drink today, my hangover's so bad, I know I will have at least a couple to take the edge of it- even if I protest here and now on this thread that I wont drink today, I know I will as soon as I get near a bar/offy.

I have to log off now, and wont be back online till about 5ish. I will come back to this thread as soon as I can.

Hello, hello. I'm back home after my travels, and have managed to find this new thread (btw I'm venusandmars / venusindelhi in my new back-in-the-UK halloween disguise).

I've not yet read much on the thread and of course I'm mightily confused about who everyone is now, but hi to Trinity, JWN, mouseface, and Christi, who I do recognise good to see you all again. And hello to dichotomy - sounds as though you're having a rough time. I guess most of us has been in a similar place, and we've been taking it a step at a time to get to wherever we all are at the moment. All of us though have at least recognised our fundamental problem with drink, and we're supporting each other, sharing our experiences, swopping tactics and approaches for staving off cravings and surviving without a drink, and celebrating each others successes and victories (in the way that only another problem drinker can understand the huge victory that it can be to get through an hour or 2 without resorting to our favourite poison of choice).

I had a muchly exciting time in India - not a culture that is historically big on drinking - many states are dry states, and they have national no-alcohol days to celebrate big events. Despite that however, they are beginning to have the seemingly universal problem with teen drinking, and I am so sad to think that on top of all the other challenges that there are in Inida, they may be falling into the Western alcohol trap too . The scale and depth of the poverty is just apalling, and I have returned deeply conscious of my own good fortune in almost every single aspect of my life.

Glad to be back, and glad to be back amongst you all xx

am still waiting for my copy to arrive ex drinker, can't wait

Morning all, good to see you here dich.

venus, I'm a newbie, so hi there! India sounds amazing.

Well, I am back to day 1 here (so, dich, you are I are starting from the same point ... always nice to have a running mate). I have to get a draft of my chapter in and I'm full of a cold, so I had a glass of wine and a couple of bottles of cider. But I am hoping confident it will be a one-off, so back to the old day-counting.

Hope you're all enjoying a lovely sunny Sunday!

hmmm being approached again for a job - not sure whether I should go for it .. am fed up with where I am but I do work from home with basically no supervision ...

Can you go for the interview and make up your mind from that?

is a tough one LRP I guess your right though talking never hurt anyone .. and that should make em nervous where I work maybe I can get a payrise out of it .. lets see what happens ..
anyone know some one that can spruce up CV's ?

btw LRP Chapter ? u write books ?

dich

Bless your heart. Don't try and not drink today, don't try to do anything but look after yourself and DD.

Just get through the day ok?

xx

Good thinking, a payrise is always nice!

No to the books (I wish!) - I'm a student.

ah ok .. anything interesting ?

If reactions to tokyo's thread about fonts is anything to go by, no! It's about medieval people and how they read things. I mostly enjoy it but I'm nervous atm with the deadlines, hence the wine last night.

So it goes.

understand the reaction am working under lots of pressure all the time aswell .. Things is the drink helps you to forget about it for a bit .. However in the morning the work is still there ..but you brain is now fried and you still have the same pressure

No, I work fine with a drink. Sadly.

Anyway, I'm hoping I won't want one today.

venus!!!!

Welcome home - Mouseface here - sounds like you had a wonderful time. I'm afraid that I couldn't cope seeing the utterly appalling conditions that far too many people live in.

It's the same in Bancock. [hsad]

Anyway, fab to see you back xx

Hi Venus Welcome back - sounds like you had a fab time. [henvy] xxxx