The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Carry On Past The New Year Wine Offers!

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Hello all.

We are the Brave Babes. We're on the Battle Bus, travelling around sobriety and going day by day, hour by hour, through the detox hell of not drinking, cutting down or sometimes even not.

Come say hi. We won't bite.

No doubt one of us has been where you are now......

It's fine. No judging, no nasty jibes, just us, the BBs.

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

My mind is good, my conscience is guilt free and it feels great, I have been reading very slowly Allen Carr's book and it is a huge help.

If ever I needed a reminder about why it's not a good idea......

hi to lady, Nextchapter and Thurso.
Checking in for evening hand-holding....had wine last night with friends during DS's birthday and felt crappy all day. This stuff really isn't good for you is it?
Am resolutely gulping lime and tonic.
Does anyone else get terribly thirsty while fighting the demon, or is it just me?
FairyGodMouse you have email!

Me too. Another nightmarish drinking time.
Am off to AA in a bit.
Please please say this is as bad as it has to get. I wanted to die today. I am an alcoholic and I need to be willing to go to any lengths for my sobriety.

Hey indie
you can do this. So can I.

Hello Isindie Ma noteven

Lots and lots of tea today! Bathed, fluffy dressing gown on, and more tea!

Feeling positive though, long time since it's happened, so that's an improvement. Thank you Venus for your thoughts. I didn't beat myself up about it this morning (much!), but don't want it to happen as a regular thing. I need to keep aware that when I drink I don't want to savour one glass of lovely chilled white wine, I want to drink loads. Looked at in black and white, it seems a very, very weird thing to want to do.....

Much love to all, and good sleeps to you and all babes babies xxx

off to bed here, quiet night on the bus. Hope everyone isn't out getting trollied.
Clean and dry again tonight -3 nights out of the last 4. Still so bloody thirsty though. Weird.

hi all!! - i have been having right trouble with internet connection so im sorry i have missed so much!, thurso, i hope you are tucked up in bed!

fairy, hope you are having a lovely sober evening out!

isindi, well done for locking that door1

lady!, soooo pleased you havent died!, you great dafty!

everyone else, i hope you are all having pleasant, safe and sober evenings!

oh btw!, quick laugh!, dh plays footie outside - got really sore dry legs from the cold so i told him to use my mouisturiser after showering - he has only gone and used a bottle of gradual tan! everynight for over a week! , i noticed it cos he has used any excess on his face! , he looks like a zebra! men, a constant source of amusment!

night babes!!

L XXXXXXXXX

checking in

Night babes xxxxx

Morning babes!

Just checking in. Feeling good this morning. Am watching the tennis in bed!

JWN that is hilarious!

Hope you have a lovely day,

Next.

morning all. checking in feeling good too. Was going to have a lovely lie-in but DD needs to picked up so have to get the taxi on the road.
JWN leave those muscly tanned legs alone you shameless hussy!
Everyone else ok? Thurso Indie Lady?

ooops, forgot the commas..

Boing!!!!

Have no idea why, just think that I am so happy that I didn't think last night, "ah well, may as well make a weekend of it, like I used to"

jwn sounds to me like you are ttrying to make a case for rubbing said edible chocolate massage buttermoisturiser in to Dh's legs yourself

I am hoping that when DC2 wakes up, we can persuade him to walk down to the seafront cafe, and have brunch with us, get him away from the books.
p.s 2 offers yesterday, both A*AA

morning all!

thurso - brunch overlooking to sea, how lovely! (make ds go!, it will do him good!)

im really busy today, got to do housework and food shopping (boring!), tehn off out for a meal this evening - now this im not really looking forward to, its with a group of dhs friends from one of his sports club and tbh, i dont like them very much - im going as dh asked me too and i will sit and make small talk, not drink etc and all the time be wishing i was curled up in front of the fire watching larkrise! this is going to be hard, ususally i would have numbed the evening with booze - hey ho! better get on with it!

see you later babes!!

Morning !!

Day 5 for me ! I babysat for some friends last night and they left a lovely bottle of white wine for me in the fridge and I didnt have a drop and I didnt even get tempted either ! I'm quite proud about by myself, I didnt feel proud for a long time ! Also the withdrawals symptoms are much better, I feel less headachy, I have more energie..Allen carr book helps a lot !

Thurso congrats to DS on the offers. DD1 has just been offered a place on existing grades but isn't going to take it because "I don't want the debt".
Can't argue with that I suppose......

Ma I know, I think we will be working until we're 90! All that hard work, and angst, and maybe no job at the end of it!

Morning all,
I haven't been here for ages!! Life is so very very busy at the moment, I forgot how much more time consuming it is being a single parent.

However I appear to be doing ok, almost 10 weeks stopped drinking and almost 4 weeks off the ciggies. Small pat on back. . Am at AA once a week, and am really glad to be there and sober!

Ex is currently in the house packing up his belonging, which is hugely stressful, so DD and I are hiding out in the kitchen cooking and baking. I keep telling myself that after today he will have no need to come to the house, and I can really start looking to the future (far easier said than done!)
He wants a ridiculous sum of money for the house, which is really just laughable!! But none of the shit that has been going on has made me lift that first drink, and therefore I have been unable to get drunk!

Welcome to all the newbies, and Hi to all the oldies, hope you are all doing well.
JWN you always make me laugh!!

mouse hope you and Nemo are fine
thurso Silver red keep my space on the bus please.
venus your wise words never fail to inspire me.
miflaw hope you and Mrs M are managing to get some sleep occasionally.

Morning Babes, I hope you are all feeling bright and breezy this chilly Sun morning.

Day 31 here, so 1whole month sober, I can't quite believe it! It's gone so fast yet some days have been a real stubble.

Went out last night for a curry night at some friends. These friends are serious drinking buddies and nights at theirs usually end with us rolling home at 3am. Male friend works nights and will have a couple of pints of beer/cider when he gets in in the morning to help him sleep etc.. I remember chatting to him on NYE about drinking and how I was sick of it all and was going to knock it on the head, he said he couldn't do that as he enjoyed it too much and he didn't think I could either!! had a few quick chats with him about how it was going when he rings to arrange fishing with DH, how much better I feel, sleep,....... turn up at his last night for curry, homemade sticky toffee pus and.......mocktails. they've both stopped drinking also.......telling me that my little updates have have spurred them on an if I can do it.....so can they . I'm quite chugged.

So a fine Saturday night had by all, fizzy fruit juices inhand.

I know for a fact that I would not have got this far without all of you, I know I don't post so often but I do read nearly everyday and you all help me in your own speacial way and for that I thank you.

Busy day ahead so better go, but I know for certain that today, I will not be drinking

struggle not stubble

pus = pud
Chugged = chuffed

Hello all, not been here for a while, another one who is busy however I read everyday!

Nearly at the end of Jan and I have drunk 3 times, all very controlled, nothing embarrassing and no desire to keep continuing after. Hubby and I also on diet and have decided to have a drink on a Friday night as that has allways been our night out but instead of continuing when we get home we have just have a couple. Also staight back to no drinking on the Saturday I didn't actually enjoy my wine on Friday, tasted really bitter and would have preferred a soft drink so next Friday I might not actually have any wine....My friends are also starting dieting tomorrow so they won't be drinking on a Friday, perhaps we will all drink tonic together?

Glad you all doing well, love to you all!