The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Spring Into Summer.

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Hello

Welcome to The Brave Babes Battle Bus.

This is a quest full of Babes, all fighting to remain sober, cut down or are somewhere in between right now.

You ticket to travel is free, it won't expire, and the Bus will always be here, even if there are days when you are not. So come say hi.

I'm Mouse. I have a thing for cheese and vodka, not together, well, not always!

Here is a LINK to the last thread, where you can read all of the previous threads and the journeys so far.

venus Thurso I don't understand what your son means, can you explain it again? [thicky emoticon]

Is there actually a point where it stops working?

My last boss was well past her menopause and she was definitely stili in working order. I know this because I was the first to know that her partner ended up in intensive care post aneurism because he had a brain vein pop whilst having sex

I don't really think that you're all bots, btw.

Na bafana it goes like this 'don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!'

Hope you're okay sweets. Was going to text you earlier when I had a wobble but then Nemo puked and saved me from myself.

Anyway Babes, I'm off to clean up, settle down and listen to DD having a blast with her friend, pretending to have a sleep over. Funny, not much sleep is ever had is it?

Night Babes, love you all xxxxx

BB, Dc2 said that there is a computer thingy theory, whereby there is only one person on the web, chatting back to people who post. I think it sounds a bit nutty, and I think he was trying to scare me!

He does say fairly outrageous things to wind me up!

Hi all
have lost track of the thread a bit and what everyone is up to.i am very lapsed - can't seem to get back on track at all.I am missing you all but just not really connected somehow!

Ma new day tomorrow, sweetheart. I am going to bed now, Dh still not in, despite saying he would be home at 9!

My rival is a cricket bat!!!

Sleep well, lovelies xxxx

thurso that person must find MN very confusing with the mad mix of alcoholics, AIBU, and Bumsex!!
I'm missing you too Ma, just come along and join in the drivel, tell me about your run, did you sail through or was it really hard?

the run was hard - it was a very difficult route for a 5k, a steep hill on narrow paths so lots of bottlenecks with runners getting tangled up with walkers! Also it pissed with rain and was very muddy. I have only done one training one since which is very lax, so am planning to go out again tomorrow and try and get back on track. going to run another one in a couple of weeks....hope you are all ok.
Thurso does he shag the cricket bat too?
Where is indie

Ma that sounds really hard, it would be great to keep up that level of fitness though. Indie is on holiday I think.

Is there anything in particular that is troubling you at the moment?

nothing really BBwannaB. Just feel I'm treading water at the moment and turning to old habits. Am going to try and run tonight and see if that kick starts me.
have a good day

morning you resonably normal lot!

ma! go for that run woman - you have been doing so well and after reading about your training and stuff i joined a gym! i have been this morning so thats now 4 times this week (im nearly dead!) i have decided that im NOT going to be fat and fifty! im fifty next year so i have a bit of time to firm up all this wobbly stuff tb perfectly honest my drinking years have affected my body and i now have a bit of work to do to redress the balance, legs and face ok, bum not too enormous, tits gigantic but they seem to go down alright but the old tum looks dreadful, all wobbly and wibbly so come on girl, put down that glass and lets get fit and lovely together!!

HI everyone, finally catching up here, work and at home

MsGee Really sorry to hear your sad news

How is Nemo, DD and wolf doing Mouse

Noteven Sorry to hear about your Mum, hope the funeral went/goes OK. Keep going as you have come so far. Enjoy what I hope will be the start of more time spent with your DD

Hope yuor feeling OK Thurso

JWN well done on a year (and your tan)

Hi to everyone else.

I am good/OK. DC's are doing really well and looking forward to Glastonbury. THings going reallly well with new DP (although major wobble at the weekend). We get together with all our DC's every couple of weeks when his are with him and they all get on really well . Made it a priority though not to see DP too much as my DC's still want/need lots of one to one time with me. Waiting to hear from my solicitor any day now to sign the papers to transfer the house to my name & pay XH money I don't have. The hound is still as mad/silly as ever but will watch out for our swimming trips after 4x4's rescue.

Hey Babes

Just a flying visit, hydrotherapy soon.

Ma - so sorry that you are struggling right now, you know where I am. xx

Zany - the wolf and Nemo are both getting bigger, although Nemo is still poorly. His nurse came yesterday and I told her that ever since we have been going out to playgroup etc, he's been ill.

Because his immune system is weaker than most, he takes a lot longer to get better and to build up any kind of resistance to a simple cold. He's had a cold for at least 8 weeks now.

I'm pleased to see that the end is in sight for you and your XH. I know that you will breathe a sigh of relief once he is officially out of your life!

Afternoon babes

ma keep up with the running, you sound much fitter than me! I used to be quite lean and buff myself and I remember it as being time in my life I rarely drank as I didn't like the idea of 'undoing' all my hard work (I got a bit 'my body is a temple' for a while. I suppose a lot of it must have been a build up of endorphins that helped me feel good about myself. I plan to get back into the gym routine myself, as I am wasting money most weeks on membership fees (not to mention the amount of cash I've wasted pissing it up against the wall with booze

I've been offering to work lots of night shifts at work lately as for me it's an excellent tactic to stay away from alcohol (and earn myself a bit extra money at the same time). DP's also had some good work related news today but rather than use it as an excuse to get pissed celebrate with a few glasses of wine, I'm going to cook us something nice once the DCs are in bed and pour us both an N&T.

So I am trying to look at life through sober eyes and find ways to get around that nagging monkey on my back, even if it does mean the dreaded night shifts

Hope your hydrotherapy has helped you, lovely mouse and that nemo gets a break from his run of bad health x

Sounds hard for you Mouse at the mo especially not getting much sleep. Seen your pix and your DC's are gorgeous (spelt wrong I know).

Bloody hydro was cancelled. I got there and they'd stuck a notice saying 'Pool Closed, Sorry For Any Inconvinience'

Erm, yes, how about the fact that I have to arrange care for Nemo to come here for a whole hour once a week. How about the fact that this is the ONLY time out I get in a week. How about the fact that I have driven here, tired and in pain only to be informed by a note that I can't enjoy a nice warm relax in the pool.

Grrrrr. I have no idea what stops GPs/hospitals/dentists etc from calling patients to let them know these things.

Zany - gorgeous is how you spell it? Well, it is how I spell it so it must be correct.

Hello Babes and the Boy Babe

Struggling again. I so loathe this merry go round - in a way it is more scary than constant drinking.

Haven't read though all ther ecent posts, but hope everyone is OK. Today I didn't drink. Tomorrow I will not drink, no matter what.

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4c4 stick to that resolution. You will be glad.

Do you know what is making you struggle at the moment - are you tired, bored, hungry, lonely? Before you go anywhere near a drink, try meeting all these needs first - make yourself something to eat, call a friend for a chat, have a long relaxing bath...

I used to think that when i was struggling, that it would go on and on and on until eventually I gave in and had a drink. But by resisting I have found that actually after a while, the struggle feels less, and I can get on with the rest of the evening.

Hello to all other babes.

4c4 - venus is so right!, just hang on in there and the feeling will fade!, i still have moments when the urge to drink is so strong i feel like my will is almost being taken from me - i try and visualise 'alcohol' as a kind of living being that just wants to hurt me, i almost have a kind of 'face' for it in my minds eye, its an ugly, screwed up angry face and it frightens me, i have to 'see it off' with a round of muttering 'fuck the fuck off, im worth more than you' (sounds pretty mental i know) but it does seem to work - benign things have a kind 'face' in my loony imagination!

Day 5 for me today - i felt the need to say 'out loud', just because Friday feels a bit more tricky, that I will not be drinking today.

Thanks

Hi everyone. Just checking in to let you know I'm not lying in drunken state somewhere. Have had a couple (literally, I know how us alcoholics can underplay the actual amounts!) of beers this week.
Today is the beginning of my real battle with the evil alcohol fairy...wish me luck.
Sorry you are struggling 4c4. I know that feeling all too well. Let's stay strong just for today together.
Wishing everyone a nice Friday.

Luci x

Morning!

Lovely, lovely day here - I've promised the DCs a BBQ later but it will be a sans booze affair (DP is also making his first real attempt ever to tackle his own issues with drink) and I am really looking forward to it.

JWN that's exactly how I'm trying to view the booze - I read most of the Alan Carr book (although tellingly didn't finish it at as that required stopping drinking ) but he reminded me that my sparkly, refreshing 'drinks' is still pure ethanol and to imagine drinking that neat (which would kill me!). The thought of that, at the moment is putting me off. Because although my boozing won't kill me as instantly as downing a shot of neat ethanol would, in the end, I'll get there, but in a more long, drawn out and destructive way. And I don't want that, so for today, I won't be drinking.

Hope it's OK to ramble away like this

x

Morning

I officially want the weather to stay like this now until the end of September - not too much to ask is it

When its hot its really tempting to drink so I'm going to get lots of lovely non alcoholic drinks in (although I am out on a works meal tonight and my neighbours BBQ tomorrow). Fresh orange and lemonade is really refreshing.

Well, it's all go here. The village chip shop has burnt to the ground, the day that they were supposed to re-open. I'd say that it's all a bit fishy but it's more a bit, well, smokey!

Five fire engines FULL of hot, sweaty men. JWN - you my dear, would have been in your element.

Of course being so close, we were told to close our windows etc.... so I had a little wander out of the cottage, a little nosey at the men folk. Very nice.

Then I did my bit and helped out the local rag, gave them an eye whitness account....'Mrs Mouse of tiny village was one of the residents trapped indorrs by the plumes of thick, acrid smoke' Read all about it!

Do you want to know how it started, you do don't you! Well, the new 'owners' where in the shop prepping stuff for their grand opening when one of the fryers cought like.

Oh no I hear you cry, did they put it out?

Yes, dear reader, WITH A BUCKET FULL OF FECKING WATER!!!!!

As you can imagine, that went well.

Anyway, they have now re-opened the village and all is quiet again.

It's glorious here, so so lovely. BBQ planned for later, Nemo may have a little snooze...... I might too. I wish.

Was - not rambling, de-cluttering which is all you need to do here, just let it all out x

GOOD LUCK LUCI!! xx

Luci

Can I ask you an honest question?

Because it's been a while for me and I've forgotten the answer.

What is it that is so appealing about the couple of beers that you had this week that made them worth having, especially as that now makes the weekend a struggle?

from this side of the fence it seems absolutely mental and yet I confess that, when I was on the same side as you, it made perfect sense.