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

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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.

TA Hop on board. Others will be along tomorrow. Well done on getting to night 3. Why not just call it bedtime now and that's day 3 done. Tomorrow just remember why you want to not be drinking and then take day 4 hour by hour if necessary. I promise that real proper sleep will happen for you rather than the alcohol induced, disturbed sleep you may be used to but it takes a few days for the 'de-toxing' to work. Hang in there. As for being ashamed - well how about being amazed that you have done this for yourself.

Hi thoroughly are you still there - it's very quiet here tonight - everyone must have crashed and burned after the excitement of strictly/xfactor!

Phew White, I thought I'd managed to kill a very long standing thread(s) there.

I have read the first thread & 9 & 10 & you are all so supportive to each other much more so than I will ever have/deserve in RL.

I don't think I could ever be amazed with myself ever again but I appreciate what you are saying.

I'll come back in the morning (will be a horrible day tomorrow)

x posted witchety, really fighting the urge to drink tonight - I need some sleep & I know if I go up now I will still be awake at 2am.

I'm an Xfactor fan btw

TA just watching "bewitched" film, and thought I'd come on here for a min. I am on night 3 too, keep me company to see in night 4?

Hi thurso - I wandered where your name came from - I can reliably inform you it isn't exactly the centre of the universe!
Hi thoroughly are you you new on here? Well done for day 3 - it's a real achievement. What made you start posting?

TA there is no way that you don't deserve support, this thread can't be killed. although ashamed to say I thought I had nearly done it. Your friends on here are stronger than that, as I've found out.
Sending you love :)

Oh God I hope I haven't managed to wake the whole bus up (always manage to wake someone & piss them off along the way)

I'm sorry thursoback but I am going to have one large glass & then go to bed,

It's taken me months to post on this thread, I know why I ma here & what I must do but the lack of sleep/nightmares when I do sleep are nearly as bad as the daily hangovers.

It's been lovely reading your threads though.

Have you managed to get through tonight TA without drinking? If so hang around here for a bit just now and then see if you still want one - one minute at a time and all that
x

TA The support is fantastic and there for everyone who posts and I hope for the (?many) others who (like me for some time) are lurking/reading. You are trying to tackle a problem that is a real bugger to beat but today you have done that and yesterday and the day before. No matter what you anticipate tomorrow will bring it won't be improved by a hangover or drinking. Start the day with a clear head and who knows it could be a first sober Sunday.

I am new, funnily enough I was pissed & googling for random help one night & a MN link popped up & I've now been lurking for a few months.

What made me post? shame.

I do not deserve what I have & I abuse those who care.
It all runs so deep but ultimatly all lands on my doorstep.

My dh hates me & can't bring himself to look at me & I am upsetting our young children by not being worthy of them all.

sorry,

TA - go and clean your teeth and then clean them again. Then post again

TA did you read my earlier post about having a wobbly tummy? It really helped to come on here, and actually my evening went t*ts up, but the drink will only make us wake up 5am and feel worse.
If you need to, still come back tomorrow, and wiser ones will be here.:)

Why so 'unworthy' TA. They are very strong statements. Don't expand if you don't want to, but is some of that how you feel about yourself and not necessarily how others feel about you?
x

I meant wiser than me, dear ones :)

thursoback I did read about your tummy & I do keep getting stabbing pains in my back during the day.

I had a glass of orange juice earlier but now I have a glass of wine (sorry)
Is there any rules I have missed about posting & drinking etc?

I know what I have to do but it's not just my drinking there is so much going on....

I have to go now, as taking Dc somewhere early tomorrow.
Hang in there TA, you are worth it.

Both witchety & thank you for asking.
I do feel unworthy because I know a better stronger woman could embrace my lovely family & give my little girls so much more than my hungover sorry for herself arse gives them.

Night thursoback & thank you.

No rules - just whatever is right for you - noone will judge you. Can you put it aside for just now? - I am just worried for you that if you are feeling so low, that the wine is just going to make you feel worse (after the initial warm fuzzy feeling of course!)?

You sound like you are in quite a bad place just now - is alcohol or the root of it?

TA No rules about posting and drinking. Can you stop at that glass and then get yourself to bed? If sleep doesn't come can you try to organise your thoughts - how you might start to tackle 'there's so much going on'? RL help - family, friends, GP?

I have a habit of making a drama out of things so I probably sound worse than it all is.

I always feel this low lately, I have done some very shamefull & embarassing drink related things over the last week & that is why I am feeling so sorry for myself & also realize I need to be here & sort my head out.

I've not got my glasses on because I let my friend put eyelash extensions on last week & they don't fit behind my glasses (and I look like a Transvestite) so sorry for any typos lol

TA Whatever you may have done - use it to remind you why you are here - but don't dwell on it. Better to take each day and relish it for all that you can do for those you love and say today I will not be drinking and see how it goes.

Am loving the eyelash extensions too long for my glasses!

Loopy please come back to the bus tomorrow. You know that there will be support to help you.