The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Head To The Summer Of Sobriety

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Hello

I'm Mouse

Welcome aboard The Brave Babe's Battle Bus. There are a whole host of lovely posters here who will support your journey to sobriety, however you choose to get there.

We are a Bus full of drinkers, non-drinkers and those who are somewhere in between.

BUT - we will never judge or leave a poster out in the cold. So, find a seat and settle down for the journey ahead.

And HERE is the last thread and those before it too. Just follow the links to read the journeys so far.

maybe not a spambot, but certainly thick...

....skinned

Hello Have had a really busy week and am sitting in front of the fire
Its freezing here so I got DP to light it .The cats are trying to get as near as possible
Drinking Pepsi here and have had no wobbles this week.Hope everyone is ok and dementedmaI hope your cat has stopped pooing

Anitdenial - I will keep reporting each post you make.

Seriously, you have made your point and have been recognised for it.

No-one on here takes their children, teenage or otherwise, to AA. And as far as I am aware, no-one on here is currently attending NA.

So, thank you so much for taking the time to post the information that you have on several ocassions but for the love of all things cheddar, will you please leave it!

We all agree that child/teen rape, rape in any situation is horrific.

Have you actually been in that situation?

See, I find the fact that you keep posting about rape extremely insensitve. It's upsetting me for a start.

You know nothing about the posters on here, nothing about their pasts. You have no idea if you are stirring up memories that they'd rather forget going on about abuse.

The Bus is a safe place. A place where we can all post without worrying about the outside world for an hour or two.

YOU are taking that away from us by repeatedly posting about subjects that have NO RELEVANCE to anyone here.

WE CAN'T HELP YOU.

So please, stop now.

Sorry if I upset you.Not my intention. But Miflaw was very insulting,
and incorrect in many statements. Otherwise I would not have posted so much to make my points which are based on facts.

I keep begging DH to put the heating back on, very of your open fire Lostsock

DH is mean!

BBwannaB I've got my primark wincyette warm pyjamas on, I'm so cold!

Hope you are OK, lovely lady xx

So Antidenial - how about you just stop? We all got your point, no need to keep going on about it and I'm sure your posts are based on fact but honestly? I don't think this is the thread for them.

Why not start your own thread in Chat and that way, you won't be upsetting any of the Brave Babes who have worked hard to make this thread a place for real honesty and overwhelming, unconditional support.

Please, if you respect any of us on here, or what we stand for, please just stop posting now.

I'm surfing the net for trainers for the DCs - why oh why do some makes jump up massively in price, from a size 2 to a 5?!

DD1 may have quite big well developed feet for her age, but she's still a child!

She's looking to be tall and slim - looks like she's going to cost me a small fortune, so it's a good job I'm curbing my enthusiasm for drink!

BBwannaB It took a bit of persuasion as he doesnt feel the cold but I do .
I am hoping theweather will improve but it looks awful for the whole weekend.
However I am feeling great and one of the best things is waking up without a little black cloud over my head so will ignore the weather !

Hey Was

I'm okay. Struggling with the new meds. They are really strong about lunchtime, slow release stuff, so I get a bit of a peak around 2pm.

How are you and yours? Any plans for the weekend?

It's DIYtasitc here, we're trying to get Nemo's bedroom done so he can finally move into it.

Not easy when I'm out of action but we'll get there

Lostsock - it's bloody cold here tonight to. I'm thinking PJs and warm socks in a minute. Brrrrrrrr.

It's been raining here all day to which makes me cold too.

Mouse this is me -> sitting by the fire

Lostsock great that you are feeling so positive, I know what you mean about losing that black cloud, it is lovely to feel A-OK in the morning.
Mouse I hope the meds settle in for you, maybe they will help you sleep better as well?

I'm sorry you're struggling, lovely mouse. I'm worried I've missed recent news, is it your back causing you more problems? Must be difficult on the new meds, affecting you like this, if you've got Nemo to look after in the day. Any news on when the respite will start?

Plans for this weekend are dependant on the weather - half the reason the DCs need new footwear is that they've all got plenty of summery stuff but have outgrown anything remotely practical for this weather, grrrrrr! But other than that, we're all fine

(there's stressy stuff going on atm with DS but you know how it is, to be just another brick in the wall x

Was - I've had my MRI back (sorry to those who already knwo this) and I've got Degenerative Disc Disease, Facet Joint Syndrome and Herniated Discs.

They've given me heavy duty meds to try and control the symptoms, and new meds to try and 'block' the pain. I'm due to have a course of injections into my spine in few months once they have a space at the hospital.

Sorry DS is struggling sweets. Never easy I know. You know where I am if you need me. xx

Lostsock - I'm PJd up now. All snug now I've fixed the boiler!

Woman of many talents me you know.

BB - I'm on sleepers at the mo. My GP gives me a 2 week course at a time when I'm super exhausted. I just need to let Nemo know that too!

Hi just found this thread and wanted to introduce myself. I gave up alcohol in december. Initially I went to some AA meetings but not sure it's for me. I've also found online sobriety forums a little suffocating so I'm so happy to find this.

Hiya, I'm back from my meeting and I was neither raped nor abused in any way shape or form. I don't think any children were harmed in the making of the meeting either, so that's good.

Kandi you keep opening that bottle because it's easier than listening to your own head, is my guess. Talking to someone else is a good way to help with that, sometimes I go to meetings just because I'd rather listen to someone else rather than the constant repeat that gets stuck in my own head. Or I certainly did in my earliest sober days when I was suffering a lot with the devil on my shoulder telling me to drink.

Someone on here posted some info about AVRT a while back and it has been enormously helpful to me. From having to use the technique about a hundred times the first day, just two or three weeks down the line I've noticed that I'm using it less than once a day (on average) now. I'm working the AA steps too though, so it's difficult to say which is helping more but maybe it's worth you giving it a go?

here is a very short description of how to use it

A mixture of AA and AVRT means that I have now been entirely sober for the longest time in my life since I very first had a drink when I was 12, which is 37 days. Not a lot in the big picture or compared to others on this thread, but a huge thing for me especially as I didn't immediately stop drinking when I started going to AA. I'm doing it ODAAT of course, I have no idea what tomorrow will bring but I plan to keep doing what I've been doing and hoping for the best

Hi starmucks

I forgot to mention in my last post (to kandi) that another thing that's really helped me recently is to remind myself that I have never EVER woken up in the morning wishing that I'd had a drink the night before. Even if my evening had been fairly tedious or hum drum, or worse that I'd spent the evening gagging for a drink, I haven't once wished that I'd livened it up with alcohol. The lack of a hangover is always an added bonus too

Ohhh, Mouse that sounds like a painful set of problems you have there I hope they can fit you in for the injections soon xx

I was going to put my PJs on but they wouldn't be warm enough, brrrrr. I'd light the woodburner except I don't have any wood and I doubt burning the newspaper would last long. I do have my winter bedsocks on (mmMMMMm, sexy!) and a warm cardi. It's nearly bloody midsummer's day FGS

Hey starmucks

Thank you so much for posting on here, lovely to meet you.

Golly - Thank you to you too for posting that. Makes a lot of sense.

Kandi - sending you positive vibes for your night.

Golly we have enough wood to build a house for our wood burner, I love it in the winter, every cottage should have one!

I could always burn the kitchen table I suppose. It's only ever covered in crap anyway.