The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Blowing Away The Booze In The Autumn Breeze.

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Hello.

Welcome to The Brave Babes Battle Bus.

I'm mouse and I have an abusive relationship with alcohol. I can't have just the one drink, ever.

I'm not alone here, there are Babes who are sober and have been for some time, Babes who are still drinking and trying their best to stop or cut down and then there are Babes who aren't ready to stop drinking. Yet.

So, why not come and say hi?

No judgy pants allowed on here I'm afraid, cakes and cheeses are!

And for those who want to know a bit more about the Bus, HERE is our journey so far.

Oh, and I will not be drinking today.

at not drinking - that made me chuckle. so sorry mouse - let me know when you feel up for a chat x

lazy day here - did some washing and hung it out, cleaned up in the kitchen and had a shower but that's about it so far. feeling a bit odd. if anyone sees my missing period please do send it this way.

mouse - that must have been awful, and scary too! I'm glad you're home now and hopefully on the mend. Definitely no drinking for you today! I can't imagine you even feel like you want to!

Hello everybody else I'm a little bit poorly but nothing like as bad as mouse was Just a bug that's been doing the rounds in dd2's school I don't much feel like drinking either, sometimes there are extra benefits to being ill I quite liked the time I had proper flu because although I felt like I was going to die for a week, I lost at least a stone

Blimey, I got through almost the entire range of smiley's in that post

oh mouse, poor you. As if you don't have enought to contend with! for heavens sake take it easy and replenish those fluids....
Here the house is reasonably, tidy, the gifts wrapped and DD1 is working her fingers to the bone in the kitchen. She has made an EIGHT layer cake - seriously and there are bowl of delicious tasting(my finger sort of fell in) orange creamy stuff, and chocolate ganache stuff, just waiting to be assembled. My role is to do the burgers - beef, chicken and veggie - and chips, then turn them loose with assorted relishes/salad/cheese etc. Desert is ice-cream sundaes - make yer own combo from 4 different types of ice cream and about 20 different toppings!!
There is going to be the mother of all sugar rushes in this house tonight!!!

Ma - If I was up to it, I'd be there in a shot! Such a lush selection of food! Your DD is awesome, can you get her to post the recipe on here? Only for when I'm better of course?

Have a fantastic time, sending lots of love your way xx

Sounds delish ma, especially the DIY sundaes, what a fab idea. Will do that for my kids next birthday I think.

Hope you feel better soon Mouse what a dreadful experience . I don't know how they could leave you in that state, I think you should complain. Won't get you anywhere but it's just not right .

How has your day been thurso?

Also, meant to say hi the TheBoss and nice to hear from you .

Right off to pour my first laswias of the evening (lime and soda with ice and slice).

day one done.

now to just keep going one day at a time.

easy right?

Yes Saf easy, peasy

Well done saf. Same here x

Hi everybody :)

Well I have had 3 glasses of wine :) I really dont feel I want any more anyway!!! How odd! And I actually kind of forced myself to have the first one because I was afraid of what might happen if I didnt!

I know tonight I will be fine. I have to put it down to the support and great advice on here! I just love MN and all you lovely wise MNetters!

I am curious as to whether anybody has read Allen Carrs Control Alcohol? I have it but not got past the first chapter yet. I think I am afraid of failing.

Well tonight has been a good night :) I hope I am not the only one who will be feeling a bit pleased with herself tomorrow morning!!!!!!!

I did it! Saturday night without alcohol. I nearly gave in to a G&T but I remembered how foggy I've been feeling withdrawing from alcohol and I'm starting to feel more normal now and didn't want to go back to square one.

Well done to saf and Iwant!

mouseface. So sorry to hear you've had a rough time of it.

Looking forward to a Sunday morning with no hangover.

Hi.

I'm new to this thread.
I'm nomorebeer and I have an abusive relationship with alcohol.
Will read up on this thread before I post more.

I have been trying to cut down for quite a while, but decided this morning that tee-total is the only way. I can't just enjoy one drink.

I drank about half a bottle of wine last night and, to be honest, didn't really enjoy it because I knew it 'wasn't enough'. That has to be enough to call it a day.

welcome on board nomorebeer day one it is then. have you got soft drinks in for later? any plans for keeping busy at drink o clock? if you read back through these threads there is a lot of good advice on stopping.

isindie - happy birthday for tomorrow and have a good trip - glad you had lovely sober birthday celebrations with dp and the twins (dt's sounds wrong in this context ).

feeling quite odd about my resolve to stop completely for a while and have an actual goal date. shaky but gradually more confident itms. as if i've made the decision but the resolve is only at seed level, it's alive but has a lot of growing to do.

anyway. i forgot to share an achievement from friday - i picked ds up from school and we wanted to go for a walk but he'd had no lunch so we went to a local pub to have lunch. and. i. did. not. have. a. drink. i had coffee. i stood and ummed and ahhed at the bar and managed to say coffee please and when i had drank my coffee and didn't go and get a drink. this sounds like nothing but i can't think when i've managed to go in a pub and not order alcohol

and well done to you too msgee think you said you're committed to posting on here morning and night - think i'll join you in that and make sure i come on here and share when i'm tempted or struggling.

Morning, welcome nomorebeer.

saf checking in for day 2. no alcohol beer in fridge. Work planned for tonight. Perhaps a swim later this morning.

Waves to inde birthday sounded lovely, well done for resisting ...

Morning all. We are having a lazy day today - off out to church in a bit, then an afternoon of arty type things, and will cook roast chicken (yummy). The sort of day that would have been free rein to drink in the past, but now I am amazed that I actually feel happy and that being happy is not to do with external things. Wow.

I wish there was an instruction manual for this school-aged child parent thing though, I feel like I must be getting it wrong somehow and I have no idea what I'm doing. I guess other people feel like that though, it just doesn't look like it.
Hope everyone has a lovely Sunday.

New to this thread.

Could really do with some support. I've had a screwed up relationship with alcohol for years and years - for the last few years I've been trying my best not to drink with varying degrees of success - I can be sober for months but eventually I'll always have a drink again.

Friday night I went over to a neighbours house as it was her birthday. Three of us stayed up all night drinking. I can't really remember what happened although I know I was very upset at one point and that one of my friends had to go and pick up my daughter from her fathers house because I was not fit to drive.

I'm so scared because I can't remember exactly what happened, I'm scared my children may have seen me drunk - they certainly had to cope with me being on the sofa ill all day the next day. Something like this hasn't happened for years. God only knows what my friends think of me.

Alcohol just makes me feel so alone. I alienate people by drinking around them but when you're not a drinker, people who do like a drink tend not to invite you round for their social gatherings.

I don't know what to do. I can't believe how badly I've messed up again. I thought I was ok. Back to Prism for me I think.

morning all.dds 18th party last night - was excellent but have the hangover from hell. i didn't drink very much but was so busy feeding the tribe and doing dishes as i went, that i didn't eat anything and hadn't had any lunch so am feeling less than bright!!
house is full of groggy teens and glitter and spun sugar everywhere! Anyone know how to get spun sugar off the table? hairdryer to melt it (DS' suggestion)
Welcome to NMB and DINNER - great names BTW.
Now got to get the house into some sort of order, get rid of the teens and then take my father shopping for trousers - oh joy!

is the cake only for newcomers or do we all get some?

welcome myod

brown paper and an iron ma?

cake for everyone - there is masses! It was eight layers high with fillings of orange cream, caramel and peanut brittle, and chocolate ganache. Revolting combination but all DDs favourite things. Whole thing was coated with ganache, encased in a nest of spun sugar strands and decorated with fresh lavender from the garden. So over the top it was funny.
DD1 made it......
brown paper and iron might be the way to go SAF
God, haven't got rid of the teens yet and DS is asking "What's for lunch?"

Afternoon Babes

Not much better and now DD and DH are ill too. Great.

Anyway, welcome to Makeyer and nomorebeer

You'll find this Bus and the posters on board a tower of strength and support. Keep posting, keep talking and keep believing that you are in control of your drinking. Only YOU.

Ma - Yep to brown paper and iron, it should melt and soak it up, works for wax too but don't ask me how I know that Glad you had a great time and didn't get smashed, at least you can remember the night.

Huge hugs to you and DD. Congratulations to her xxxx

SAF - can you save me some cake for when I'm eating again? Living on Lucozade sports drinks, the isotonic ones as I can't keep solids down still. Another 2 pounds down too. FFS. I wanted to lose weight but NOT like this.

IsinDe - well done you for resisting the demon drink and yes, I am going to complain out of principal because the unit was very quiet, the one time I managed to get up off the trolley, I saw that all the nurses were stood at the nurses station talking about fucking Strickly!

Anywho.

Keep going Babes, sending lots of germ free hugs your way xx