The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Carry On Past The Homebrew In The Shed!

[HammerMouseOfHorrors]

Hello, I'm Mouse.

Welcome to the Brave Babes Bus. You can get on at any point in the journey, there is plenty of room, it's free to ride and there is always someone who will be along to hold your hand over the speedbumps!

So, no matter where you are in your quest to quit the booze, join us for support, advice and a fair few laughs along the way

There is no judging, no cliques, just real poster with real problems being real and honest!

Come and meet the others.....

Here is the previous thread where you can read all of the threads so far, including JWN's original thread and the reason we are all here.

Morning everyone, look like it's been busy here over the weekend. Drank way way too much in friend's house on Friday night and we headed to the pub yesterday lunchtime, feeling like complete shit today:(

Morning desire what's your plan for today?

Morning Witchety, nothing planned for today, just going to take it hour by hour, have just showered and dressed, going to head to shop to get food for brekkie (and hope that I don't meet anyone who saw me wobbling home yesterday evening)

That sounds like a good plan - just concentrate on today and try to do things that are good for your poor body.
x

Thanks Witchety, would love to just climb back into bed but that would be another day wasted, so will keep myself busy and hopefullly by the this evening I will feel a bit better about myself.

Meant "hopefully by this evening"

Hello.

I was on the bus for a month or so a month or so ago. It hasnt been disastrous drinking but the recycling box has filled up ! I have dropped in lurking from time to time. I read Mouses post about just stopping and smiled .

Tomorrow is the start of school, a Monday and the 1st of a month and the start of me reattempting controlled drinking .

I am not going to worry if I cant keep up with names and the pace of the thread or if I dont have much advice to start with and I am just taking advice because its really important to me to do this.

See you tomorrow

Good for you desire
I know others on this thread talk of alcohol being poison - I wasn't so sure if I agreed, but I am coming round to that way of thinking.
My original aim here had been to drastically cutdown my drinking and be more in control of it. I now find though that even small amounts of alcohol make me feel physically crap - not just in the morning but also soon after drinking it.
I need to rethink my aim.

Welcome back getting - I think it's really positive that you recognise the warning signs of things starting to slide again.
See you tomorrow
x

So true Witchety, I am beginning to realise that I need to step out of the stop/start position and accept that I can't have a drink because when I have the first one I don't stop . . and because my friend is the same type of drinker as me we egg each other along.
Welcome back gettingeasier

Heading off now to get on with mundane domestic stuff - otherwise the week starts disastrously with school clothes not ironed, no food in the house etc...
catch you later

Morning well I drank far to much last night and made a tit of myself on here and now I feel hungover... why oh why do I do it.

morning everyone!!! i see its been quite busy here this morning!!

desire, well, you're a right twit arnt you? [hgrin], i thought the point of this 'controlled drinking' lark was day on, day off?, not everyday!, that dosnet sound very 'controlled' to me! [hgrin], was it a 'blonde moment'? [hgrin] its nice to see you back!

getting, nice to see you back too!! [hsmile]

NOW! - TA!!, it sounds like you have multiple problems, the biggest being married to arse!, sweetheart, men can have vastectomies!, surely to god, if he was so dead against having children he would have sorted it out before he got to number 3!!, i really feel for you my love, i think he sounds controlling and nasty and im sorry if you think im being rude but i think he sounds a total shit! i think a good starting place for you to regain some sense of self worth and self esteem would be to stop drinking, it takes away all your control when you are drunk and leaves you helpless - try and ignore the dirty looks, find your inner strength and you will be able to do anything!, i know it sounds hard, but it is possible and its within your reach, just dont pick up the first drink!, i am fully aware that being sober dosent cure all ills, but its a bloody good palce to begin!

stick with us!, you will be amazed at how strong you really are!

L XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

ps, silver!, where are going today?

Morning loopy, looks like we are both hungover today:( that is the eternal question, why do we do it?
What are your plans for today?

hello loopy!! [hgrin], take a slap on the legs my girl!!, then get back on the bloody bus and behave yourself!! [hgrin], oh, you girls!!!! (wanders off shaking head in motherly way!! [hgrin])

Slap taken zombie desire how you feeling today? Have a hug I have a lot to do today we've got a huge pile of mud to move, we've gotta do the foodshop and I have to wash dry iron uniforms

Have loads to do here too loopy, just need to get up off my fat ass and get moving, have fry on at minute, then hopefully I will get some energy and do housework!

morning all
Thoroughly - you are very welcome on the bus. last night we went to Transylvania so your fabby eyelashes were just the thing
Loopy - be easy with yourself.
Bought a bottle last night - it's like having a comfort blanket knowing its in the house - but only had two glasses so feeling ok today but not complacent. have to drive a fair bit tonight fetching and carrying DDs so that should limit me, and then a new month to try and get on top of things.
Be brave, Babes and blokes!

Ouch JWN, that slap was sore

Morning Demented, I have a bottle of red in the press, and was very tempted when I got up this morning to take a drink, have never been tempted like that before but thankfully I resisted the temptation

Morning glass, no advice here as don't have DP but am sure some of the brave babes will be here soon with words of wisdom.

Glass
Can you talk things through easily with Dh usually? Could you maybe sit down when the liitle ones are in bed, and explain how scary it is to think that if you had to ring his mob, in an emergency he wouldn't be able to help you?
As we all know, once it gets to a certain point all sensible considerations go out of the window, but, maybe it would make him think twice at the beginning?

Day 4 for me, and I have felt really rotten this morning, couldn't sleep last night, and headachey and tired, just like a hangover again.
Also have decided to try to kick the cigarettes tomorrow (no-one has seen me smoke for 20 odd years (but ho, what yonder light) yup, it's me half way down the garden in the pitch black with a smoko!))
Do you think it's too much too soon?
Thank you for all your support so far, I wouldn't have got to day 4 without it.
TA might it be a good start to change your name? Positive reinforcement and all that? If anyone could call themselves TA it's me!
Take care.

"I know others on this thread talk of alcohol being poison - I wasn't so sure if I agreed, but I am coming round to that way of thinking."

It's not an opinion - it's a fact. Why do you think that alcohol is used to kill things (e.g. the bacteria in your mouth when you use Listerine)? Or that it is described as "intoxicating liquor"? Because it's, erm ... toxic! This is not to say that it cannot be used sensibly and positively by some - but calling it poison is not at all a figure of speech, just basic biochemistry!