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.

Wow help. 17 months, that really is something to aspire to.

Mouse. I've tried knocking back a pint of water after drinking but all that does is make me wee more! I guess not drinking so much wine in the first place is the answer!

Thank you mouse and alittle.

Its hard to believe and really beyond my wildest dreams! It really is one day at a time, and only doable with help, for me AA and lurking on this thead.

Evening ladies! Mines a large ribena please. I'm 7 months sober now. I've had loads of professional and personal challenges along the way but I have no desire to pick up. Life is better this way. All the same I've taken up smoking again, which I hate! Anyone else slipped into other bad habits since cleaning up?

Evening Babes.

hello venus...hello everybody.

still reading most days, glad the thread is still going, and offering a safe haven for so many.

ALGEE!!!! hello you!! how you doin?

hello to you too venus! - i have been over in AIBU and tbh i think i now need to come home to everyone here! , its a mad old world out there!

i am down to earth with a bump, got raving toothache, been to the dentist and got antibs and then dh, bless him, cooked the dinner, how you can turn fresh pasta into a brick with parmesan over it is beyond me! , still, i have sucked it to death!

ooh, i can do that! A skill which has passed you by? Truly there is some bonkers stuff away from here, but I'm having fun looking!!

Sorry about your toothache...I empathise; I'm nursing a rather large egg on my forehead. NOT booze related I might add...

hey all. having a tough few days for various reasons and still drinking. I know I am a disgrace and feel so bad (and happy for those concerned) when I read of those of you staying sober and winning the battle. Keep at it gals and chaps. I'll join you eventually - I hope

how is dd?, mine is engaged, due to marry next year - our relationship is fantastic, real mother daughter stuff now, not the 'ab fab' existence the poor little devil used to have.

oh ma!! you soppy tart!! of course you arnt a disgrace!, you are our ma and we love you! just try not to drink too much, it worries us!

I saw JWN, so sorry i never congratulated you...thrilled though I am that your thread has become what it is, I find it a bit overwhelming. So, CONGRATULATIONS! And I'm soo pleased thatrelationship matters are on track, crikey, a short year ago...

dd is great, she's settled into her new life as if it were the mist natural thing in te world. whiskey breath mummy hasn't reared her head too often, though I am a mess. Found myself staring at an aa poster at the docs today. one meeting a week about 7 miles from here. So I stared then turned away. I am at least more self aware these days, and I haven't hidden a bottle for younks. It will come.

...and as you can see, i am sober tonight, as proven by my appalling skills as a typist; none of that perfect, tongue out drunken typing for me!

thank you jesus
Tipped the last half glass down the sink and am going to bed.

night night ma!

algee, i cant quite believe it myself!, its amazing tbh, i never thought i could find it in me to get here but im bloody glad i have! - btw, we are always here if you want to chat! pm me if you want to talk 'off board', i dont mind!

Do you know, I have considered it a few times, but it seems unfair to do it so i don't! I felt so relieved this time last year, and enjoyed the 'chat' which felt so free, because even in the midst of the stupid lighthearted stuff, i knew that you all knew, and what was crucial was that you REALLY knew thatit wsan't a case of having to cut back. That was critical for me personally. I just can't keep up with it all now, so have become a pervy voyeur, watching you all but not contributing. Sorry.

In the meantime, I continue to abiuse myself. Every day is the day, every day I give in. The only saving grace is that I'm not drinking the hard stuff so much, I tend to go down a bottle of wine, but I know I'm kidding myself. Blah. I function, and i don't think that anybody here has even the faintest clue...I'm massively helped by the fact that I have to drive everywhere now unless I'm walking the dog, and that has postponed the hour so at least I can't do the school run drunk. Of course this time last year I wsa still living at our old place, and i had ben well and truly rumbled, which was the most revolting feeling. Won't be long though, I've already shown myself to be a 'generous' hostess when it comes to the pop element of socialising...people aren't stupid, I have learned that at least.

Bit of an incoherent ramble. Expect you've all gone to bed...

i'm so pleased for you jwn, truly. Thank you.

Hi algee, lovely that you've posted. I used to be known as a 'generous' hostess, now I'm known for being reliable - being able to drive people home, or to come out and get them in the middle of the night.

algee!, im here, well im off to bed in a mo, seriously, pm me if you find the bus too much!, honestly, i dont mind! i really do know how you feel about trying and 'failing', you cant shock me, you wont upset me, just come and rant if you want, sooner or later it will all fall into place for you, just like it did me! - as to other people, fuck em! (well, not really but you know what i mean! )if they judge you they arent worth the bother! you are important and worth so much more than you realise!

am off to bed now, take care my love!

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Venus, so glad to see you! I'm really annoyed about the 'generous' hostess thing, as, given the choice between showing myself as reliable, good friend, sensible etc etc and being the woman who keeps the wine flowing, I seem to be choosing the latter, even though I have a whole new life now, new people, second chance. Hey. All will be well. It wiill be. Maybe tomorrow, my aim is that tomorrow I will not drink...

Night jwn. Good to see you. Stay happy, and I hope your tooth doesn't fall out!!!

That will be a great way to start your day algee. You only have to wait 45 minutes, then together we can say TODAY, I WILL NOT BE DRINKING. Join me?

night all. see you another time.

cross posted venus...you're on. crikey 45 minutes! best go to bed. lovely to see you catch up again soon, i hope.
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