The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Here's To STAYING On A Sober Holiday!

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Hello, I'm Mouse

I have an abusive and volatile relationship with alcohol.

This is the Brave Babes Bus, it's filled with sober, drinking and somewhere in between Babes who are all here for the journey ahead, whatever that may entail.

EVERYONE is welcome on this Bus. No-one will judge what you are going through, what you drink, what you don't or what you do.

Come take a seat.

Take a peek at the journeys so far (including the thread by JWN that started this whole journey off) HERE

err - not exactly sure at this point. Personally am in favour of ignoring the whole thing- if there's one thing I hate it's having attention (I probably had the smallest wedding of all time). So let's hope it turns out that way. Am reasonably confident it will (thank goodness).

well, I managed to get out of my 21st birthday and my 30th birthday with no regrets....

very practical, me. I appreciate someone doing a run to the chemist when I'm ill far more than an extravagant gift or a big night out. I think practical support says a lot more than big gestures, if that makes sense.

either that or I'm eeyore's human counterpart. he always was my favourite WTP character.

You're NOT a twat; you slipped up (in your eyes). Be pleased with yourself that you didn't have the second glass. Hope you don't mind me commenting but didn't want your post to go unanswered but at same time, am only very tentatively exploring not drinking that I don't really feel qualified to comment.

I bought the Ginger Belvoir cordial today - it's lovely with sparkly water. Am also going to have a hot soak in a bath before soaps and The Killing. Oh, how I am addicted to The Killing!

no, you're not- you've had one drink, realised it was a bad idea and stopped. definitely non-twattish behaviour. in fact relatively normal behaviour, methinks.

does your DS have a whale shark? A bath just isn't a bath without a whale shark, imho.

Oh, how I will laugh when Belvoir announces record profits this year. Maybe i should email them and ask them to sponsor this thread!

Mixed views on The Hour. Watched the first one and it seemed a little clunky. Worth persevering with the rest on iplayer?

Mind you, I didn't get into The Killing either. I clearly have peasant tastes (I watch EastEnders and have been watching the Geordie Finishing School for Girls. Other than that, I only really watch the News. might try that Borgias thing with Jeremy Irons though, if I have the right Sky channels - haven't checked yet).

Also, am getting unnecessarily curious as to where people are as I want to imagine their accents when posting. Clearly have been in Britain too long! FWIW I have a broad kiwi accent even after years and years here.

damn. have been drinking wine this pm. something about the imminence of the big birthday and having to pretend that life is fantastic. no excuse- there isn't a valid excuse, is there?

Best I can do is forgive myself and enter the next decade sober,non?

at least less than usual wine, but still feel crap.

Think of the positives though Legal as in you had less than usual. Step in the right direction

yes, but sometimes feels like applying a band aid to a gaping wound. At least that's the perspective after a couple of glasses of wine. Time to stop drinking, pull myself together and get a good night's sleep. Disappointed.

hey mouse. DD got on really well with the family in Spain. they are very nice and friendly and also quite chaotic so i think she will fit in there well. it's very relaxed and homely. I feel happy that she's going there but am going to miss here like hell.

legal I'll challenge you (or match you) on the small wedding: me, dp, 2 witnesses (dd1 and dd2) and the celebrant. Brilliant.

saf look upon what happened today as an experiment, not a failure. Your experiment was 'what happens if....' Now you've got the result of your experiment, and you've written about it here. So you've got a choice, you can either say that you know what happens (which doesn't sound like great fun), so you don't need to try that particular experiment again, or you can be like a mad scientist and try the same experiment, and see if you get a different result

briefly checking in today as am going away for the weekend.

venus - you win on the wedding (me: registry office and about 20 people, dodgy minicabs and lunch at an asian restaurant afterward. But I think I deserve a point for wearing a trouser suit and not having any photos done. Incidentally, as of yesterday I can fit back into the trouser suit, so my suggestion at the time that I could get wear out of it in the future may prove to be true after all.)

Gaping wound comment typical under the influence drama from me. What I mean is that I suspect that fixing the alcohol thing is addressing a symptom, rather than the underlying cause of why I drink, if that makes sense.

I'm surprised someone hasn't invented virtual AA meetings, with webcams and stuff.