The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Carry On Past The Vineyard.

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Welcome to the Bus!

I'm Mouse and you'll find me snuggled sat at the back where it's warmest!

If you're sober, drinking, or somewhere between the two, you are more than welcome on board.

No judging, no cliquey groups and no closed minds here, oh no! Chances are, no matter how bad you may be feeling right now, one of the Brave Babes will have been there too!

So, come say hi.

And, to read the last thread and other journeys so far, follow this link

venus I know what you are saying. FB or his flatmate tend to buy the wine. You are right, I do not need to drink. If I am perfectly honest though, at the moment I want to drink. I know it's madness and I know it sounds hypocritical when I am advising others not to drink but I must be honest on here. It's pointless otherwise.

You are right Red, there is no point being on here if you are not being honest, if not with others here then at least with yourself! And you are being honest!

desire I know it's crazy of me. I know I'm an alcoholic but that's just the way the situation is for me at the moment. Hmm.

moomin I know, and just keep coming on here and posting however you are. We missed you when you were away.

I was prompted by thurso's earlier post to go back and read the first thread - you were a real help to me then moomin, when I was 3 days sober, and you were an unbelievable 6 days! I didn't dare dream of getting to that.

Re-reading that also made me wonder about AA - how many people on here are trying that as well? I know that you (moomin) used to go and that JWN found it invaluable in the early days. I have been intermitently and have been thinking about going again. I really want to stay in control of my life and for some reason I feel that I should give it a try again.

Morning Brave Babes.

Welcome to the bus Embracing, lovely to meet you. Fantastic first post introducing yourself. It's great that you feel you could tell us about you. Sorry to hear about your DH.

But...... we are all here for the ups and downs you face. Stick around ok?

Are those with a bonfire or Hallowe'en name keeping them as that?

Wasindie - so, now you KNOW your triggers, well one of them, what are you going to do to prevent it taking control of you today?

SleepFairy - when can you move in? I'm happy to share you with Wasindie, a week on, week off rota? And I'm so glad you took Littlelegs to the GP. I had a feeling it might be a chest infection.

It's a really bad time of year for Nemo, we have to keep him away from anyone with a cough as he has a narrowed airway so would end up in hospital if he got a chest infection!

Silver - you are working loads lately, make sure you are taking care of YOU too please.

thurso - your post about getting DH's 'pecker up' made me like a 12 year old!! Sorry!

Please don't beat yourself up about posting what you did.

Brave Babes - We are ALL real people. We ALL have lives to lead away from this thread. We ALL have to function, exist and carry on as wives, mothers, sisiters, lovers, daughters, and ourselves, no matter what life throws at us.

We aren't all going to be happy and bouncy all day every day. How annoying would we all be if we were!!

The bus is for everyone, regardless of your mood or situation.

We all have lives behind the screen and they do effect us. Never feel bad for moaning, being honest about how you feel, 'bringing the thread down' etc..... we ALL understand that life goes on!! And sometimes, life is pretty shite!

Still no news on Nemo going into hospital and given that it's Thursday, it's highly unlikely to be this week now. Which is upsetting because the Gastro Cons is away for 3 weeks. And when he comes back, it will be ages before Nemo gets seen. So, in the meantime, he is left to struggle and spend his days vomiting.

Hydro and physio for me later! Eek!!! It's bloody awful weather here too, icey wind and pouring with rain! I just want to crawl to the back of the bus with Silver and snuggle up under a soft, warm blanket. Bbrrrrrrr!!

Be careful you don't sit on Wasindie, she might still be asleep on the back seat:)
That's shit about poor Nemo:(

venus maybe you are in the right place for AA now? It is an amazing organisation and support. And thank you for saying that you missed me. I missed you all too!

mouse That was a lovely post, thank you. Sorry to hear that there's no word re Nemo. Grr. Very annoying. Bloody freezing, wet and windy here too. Yuck.

So how is everyone doing today? Gone very quiet on here now, good or bad thing?

desire I was about to post the same! Was worried that I had scared/ annoyed everyone with my confession re wanting to drink at the moment!!

Have I scared everyone off??

Nemo has brought back most of this morning's feed so I have spent the day so far trying to get it back into him.

Again.

Other than that, DH is transfering the office from upstairs into the giant log cabin we have outside.

Phone lines are in, electricity is on, just trying to insulate it and get it furnished then the shower room installed and then the guest room and it's good to go! Which means Nemo will finally have his own room!!

We've been here 2 years and not really done anything other than a few cosmetic bits to the inside of the house so I am looking forward to getting it done.

Even if it will be a slow process, it's one that needs doing!!!

mouse that's great that everything's coming together for you all in terms of living space!

I think that you, me and desire have scared everyone off!

If we did scare them off then they are easily scared:):)

Not scared - working (well a little bit), then going to visit SIL in hospital, then cooking dinner for dd1 and her bf.

Busy day ahead so Venus

Just back from walking dogs (dog-sitting an extra today), SO windy and now look like Billy Wizz lol!

red you are being honest and it's great you are, like desire said there's no point in being otherwise. (By the way, I hope you didn't think the alcoholic/non-alcoholic comment was directed at you - it was more at me really!)

If I'm honest with myself, DP's situation last night was just the excuse I needed to have a drink. It all feels so relentless without just one evening of drinking as a 'commercial break'! If I had drunk last night, I would have been purely selfish and not supportive, I'm so pleased I didn't (but scared at how close it all came).

mouse, god that's tough with poor nemo, how are you both today? How's the tooth?

desire, when's the hair appiontment? Is it Saturday? (wonder's about my my own worzel gummidge barnet)

x-posted with you venus, busy's good, keeps the mind occupied

Hurrah there are other people about!

threesteps I thought the alky/ non-alky was direct at you and me and rightly so!! And well done for getting through your close call yesterday.

I am off to lunch soon just in case anyone thinks that I have been scared off!

I'd better go and get on with some work, have managed to do not very much at all so far today!

Speak to you later BBs, hope everyone has a good day
xx

I am back from lunch now if anyone is about and fancies/ needs a chat.

Bought a sandwich on my way to FB's flat and then remembered I was meant to be having some leftover shepherd's pie, doh! (Am very lucky in that where I live and work are within 5 mins of each other. Even when I lived in the marital home it was less than 10 mins. I often moan about small town mentality but that's one of the benefits. As you can imagine the whole me, XDH and FB thing is the talk of the town )

I'm not scared, just been reading my message on POF so potential date next week, oh yes and I'm supposed to be working.

You manage really well Mouse to give such good supportive advice when Nemo is poorly. My DS was poorly during his first year in and out of hospital which was really draining emotionally.

I'm around, in between working and selling off the office furniture prior to our move to new premises in December. Staff are grumbling that I'm selling off stuff they're still using...pah, adapt then! I'll sell them too if they stand still long enough!

Hi zany and ma. Nice to see other people around. I hope that your DS is in good health now zany.

Your post made me laugh ma which is a good thing... Going round to marital home tonight. Will be first time I have seen XDH in a few weeks. (We need to get some paperwork sorted - and I need to pick up some more clothes. Have a very limited selection at the moment!) So I am feeling a bit stressed this afternoon. Not feeling like I want to have a drink or anything because of it but just have that horrible, tense feeling in my stomach. Ugh.

Ouch Red - that's sounds tough. Stay strong, stay sober!
Colleague has just been in meeting in another room and come back to her office to find a "sold" sign on her desk
Not amused but tough - we're due to move lock stock and barrel beginning December and we need this place cleared. Do they think the removal fairy is going to come and do it all?

I think I would laugh if I found a sold sign on my desk ma!

He is fine now thanks Red 10 years old and no side affects.

Demented I would be tempted to put a sold sign on her chair next time she leave it