The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Carry On Into 2011!

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Hello and a Happy New Year!

I'm Mouse, one of the passengers on this wonderful journey to sobriety!

We are a real mixed bunch of people, all trying to control or give up the booze - ONE DAY AT A TIME.

Come meet the others.........

And here are the previous threads, the journeys so far

Sorry Chuss meant to say hi to you but hit send button too quick

Its his way of trying to persuade me to get back together with him Ruby by offering me the things I wanted with him (marriage and more children), we split, for the second time, back in August but he is convinced I will take him back again. I was a fool to the first time but not again :)

Sorry if I'm not saying Hi/responding to everyone, first day back at work and I was late this morning as the dog split white paint over all the shoes this morning and then ran onto my new wooden floor

Hello all

Realised I had marked my place without introducing myself. I am Threesteps and have been struggling with alcohol for around 10 years now. I've been reading and occassionally posting on this thread and it has been an amazing source of support.

Hello to all you newbies out there.

JWN hope you're feeling better...and hope you're tucked up in bed!

Happy New Year Red, glad you're back

Demented I hope your DD is okay. It must be a horrible worrying time for you.

Noteven, I agree with others that the GP is the best port of call. I've no doubt you'll find the support you need, and well done you for going to find it, something I've never done as I'm too cowardly Keep posting on here too x

Sorry I can't name everyone, so many posters recently!

I'm off skiing on Friday and I'm veering between excitment and being terrified. Hopefully I will be too tired to worry too much about drinking, but it will probably be tough. Added to that I'm going with a large group of people and I only know 2 of them. I seem to find it harder and harder to be myself (and happy in myself) meeting new people - I thought that was supposed to get easier as you got older!! I find large groups of people particularly hard.

Anyway, hope you all get safely through today and wishing everyone lots of love

xx

Hi to gnome and chuss and others that I haven't met before.

Gnome what a great decision for you both to give up drinking now. When I was brave enough to eb honest with myself, I was appalled at how much money I'd been spending on booze, and I am still surprised at how little it costs to go shopping (Christmas aside).

threesteps your holiday will be lovely (except for the 2nd day when your muscles will ache everywhere). It is interesting about meeting new people - I find that some people, as they become older, become more set in their ways of making snap judgements about other people - usually based compleltely inaccurately on their job, or accent, or how they dress. I am quite quiet so I tend to do a lot of listening when I meet new people. All the noisy, chatty ones appear to get on great at first, but then they realise that no-one is actually listening to them. That's where I come into my own, because I've heard the type of things they're interested in, or the places they've been, and can have a proper convesation with them. Main thing is nt to be labelled on the first night as 'the lush'

Hello Venus, Happy New Year! How are you feeling now the Christmas break is over, do you feel back on track again?

Thanks so much for your advice on my trip. I tend to ask people about themselves more than talk about myself (who would want to know about me lol!)(especially when in a nervous social situation), so I guess that will be good in terms of getting to know people.

Luckily, I tend to drink less than I normally do when I'm in company, but I know I will constantly be worrying about whether I'm drinking 'normally', am I exposing myself as the lush of the group etc.! Whenever I have a hazy recollection of an evening out with other people, I always imagine that I have behaved appallingly (I can honestly make up and convince myself I've done something terrible). 99% of the time I haven't, but where's the fun in that kind of paranoia!!

God I sound like a mixed up idiot don't I, it's shocking interesting to see my normality down in writing! When I don't drink I don't feel like this, so I know what I need to do... I'm expecting this week away to be a chance to give my body a bit of a break from the booze, and hopefully push me forwards into a healthier 2011

p.s. sorry for long posts, I can never seem to write short posts!

I find threesteps that I forget conversations etc and have always put this down to drinking but to be honest I am just as likely to forget it whilst sober.

He he, I know what you mean Zany.

Sympathies about your dog and the paint! Last time we painted, ours dipped his tail in the paint tray and proceeded to paint half the house and our clothes - he also walked through the tray and trod paint all through the house!

Note to self to send dog away for the day next time we do DIY!

Venus - stellar advice about meeting new people.

Hello

Just wanted to pop onto the bus and wish all the new comers good luck in your quest to beat the beast!

I'm busy busy busy and ranting elsewhere but still here.

Lovely to see you back Red

Bye for now xx

Hi mouse. Lovely to see you too. Where are you ranting?!

Hello lovely BBs,
They couldn't/ wouldn't do anything today but I am seeing someone from the local alcohol team first thing tomorrow. They also told me to drink to keep the shakes away but so far I haven't and its getting a little easier.
Going to stay at my aunt's tonight, so will disappear until tomorrow. Also going to AA. Thank you for your wonderful wisdom and love on here today.

Noteven so good to hear that you have your aunt to stay with tonight. Really hope your GP comes up with some options tomorrow and that the local alchol team are helpful. Look forward to hearing about it.

I'm off too for tonight - have mum coming round for food and need to get DS's 101 school bags ready for morning - we haven't been up B4 9am so 7am wake up should be fun

noteven - hope that everything goes well for you. Will be thinking of you x

Red - EastEnders threads. Enough said.

I will catch up later, sorry for being rude all.

mouse I don't watch any soaps so I don't have a clue!

Almost hometime for me. BF is running me a bath for when I get in He is good!

I hope that everyone has a good evening and will catch up with you all tomorrow. Take care x

Hi Mouse been following the Eastenders thread and seen you on it, been thinking of you.

Hello all, day 3 here for me. Not too bad in fact quite good but I do this fairly often and last 4 or 5 days then convince myself I can stick to weekends only but I allways slip back to almost daily. Sleeping has been hell but I know that day one and two are usually bad so hoping that tonight will be easier. My main driver is to lose weight, I look back to my twenties and early thirties and I only drank when going out and was nowhere near as big as I am now, I realise all my weight is alchohol and the subsequent carb overload.

Hope you all okay and coping, it is easy in these early stages of "right that's it" for some of us but I realise that I got to stick it longer term like some of you long term brave babes - you are an inspiration!

just a quickie - in and out of the hospital all day. more tests for dd, still suspecting appendix but seems to be problem with bowel too
got to run........

isinde - lovely positive name change, how is your danger zone going? What else can you do when you feel tired? Nice massage from dp? close your eyes and listen to music? Can you try being tired in a different room - so if you feel tired and usually flop on the sofa with a glass, could you try taking a book into your bedroom? Or sit in a different chair with your feet in a foot spa?

OOps! Too late, but well done isinde xx