The Brave Babes Battle Bus - BOINGing Into Spring, The Jesus(WhatNext) Way!

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Hello, tis me, Mouse

I'm one of the Brave Babes aboard the Battle Bus, on the journey to sobriety.

We have drinkers, non-drinkers, inbetweeners, notquitesurers...... which is all fantastic.

No matter who you are or where you're at in your personal quest to get where you want to be, come grab a seat and join in the natter, just jump right in.

And, if you'd like to see where we've been up until now, HERE is a link to the last thread and the ones before it

See you soon.

Well done MsGee x

Will your DPs find it odd if you're not drinking MsGee? Have you got a reason lined up - UTI and on ABx maybe? Much easier to resist if noone is nudging at you to have a drink. Are you cooking them dinner?

Mia how are you feeling now? If managed to get past your earlier cravings that makes you a bit of an expert now y'know

Faire I'm feeling a bit better now thank you! The danger's passed for today I think. I was anticipating a bit of a moment later when DP had some red, but he's just put the kettle on and told me that he's having tea instead seeing as I'm not drinking. Bless him.

I've no idea what I'm going to do tomorrow though - Friday is our 'boozageddon' day, and DP will definitely be drinking. Still, I'm going to tackle tomorrow when it comes, feel happy with myself that I've done three days 'astemia', and enjoy my toasted teacake.

Thinking of you MsGee.

Not had a drink yet. I'm hiding in another room do they must think I'm odd! C x

Keep up the good work. Think how strong you'll feel at the end of the evening if you've resisted the temptation.

That's the first hour gone MsGee, just keep doing what you're doing, you are well on the way to beating this. Going up against the mothership too, what a star

are you still with us msgee? you are doing so well

hi faire and isinde. well done on three days mia

i've just inhaled a whole packet of chewy mints. i better sleep soon before i really do eat the whole world.

OOh it all kicks off whilst I'm busy putting DCs to bed .

How ya doing MsGee? We're all with you in an non 'e-stalker' sort of stylee!!

Have to admit, does bring a small smile to my face your Mum bringing loads of wine. If my Mum has a 'Snowball' she thinks living life on the edge!

Chasing that is truly hysterical re your Mum.

MsGee please tune in if you can, only three lots of ten to go now. x

Perhaps you can pick up the aroma of Saf's mints to throw you off the scent.

I am sitting here with DD with my mouth watering for a glass of red.. Have had a cuppa to see if it helps ... (didn't!!)

Going to head to bed once DD is tucked up (school hols so she gets up a bit later)

I AM NOT HAVING A DRINK TODAY!!!! I am so glad I signed up here or I would have been x

Well done Kirsty. Try cleaning your teeth and getting pjs on. Maybe persuade dd to get off to bed and have some reading time? Stick with it, the evening is almost over x

Kirsty just think how much better you'll feel in the morning if you don't - the evening's almost over now.

Thanks saf and isinde. Yes I'll tackle tomorrow, tomorrow.
I'm getting married soon too isinde, by the way, and I haven't organised anything either. Ours is tiny though - only nine of us - so not much to organise really. Still debating whether to have an impromptu picnic/pub gathering the following day, but not organising a reception or anything. Is yours going to be quite a big thing?

We've watched a taped (well, sky+ed - I s'pose 'taped' is a bit of an archaic term now, isn't it... [old gimmer emotiocon]) episode of Montalbano this evening, which I really enjoy - I do love a good foreign-cop-murder-mystery. It's subtitled, so I have to be sober to really be able to concentrate on the subtitles and the plot and not missing all the subtleties of it. I had to have one relatively sober night a week when The Killing was on (anyone watch that?) so I could follow and remember the plot - I can credit those two series with saving a bit of my liver.

Off to bed with my Willpower book now.

I DID IT! I fucking did it

I just kept thinking that I could have wine, but perhaps not just now. Not this drink.

I sat there with two bottles of wine and cans of beer on the table (normal for dinner for four?!) and I did not drink. I did not even drink when my mum asked why I was not drinking with hope in her eyes that I am ttc again

I told her i find life better not drinking

Yay me.

Two more nights. I can do this.

Thank you so much lovely babes, I would be on my second bottle now without you.

Well done MsGee .. i now am having a cup of warm milk before bed once it is done.. x

Well done MsGee you will feel super wonderful tomorrow

Well done Kirsty and Mia, there is some serious resistance going on on the bus this evening and the good news is that the more you do it, the easier it gets.

i see some serious boing will be going on here in the morning!!

sleep well you fantastic babes!!

XXX L

wanders off muttering 'i knew they could do it, whatever was all the fuss about earlier'!

Yay for all of you who faced temptation and resisted. I have got through the week without booze. I seem to have replaced the drink with food, which isn't so good.

I've been plagued by cravings and only sugary food seems to help that. I've also had a few brief but unpleasant dips in mood that, I guess we're previously suppressed by booze...

MsGee well done you for resisting - under those circumstances, I'm not sure I could have coped so well.

Hey, well done everyone who has had the urge and resisted it. I did too and I'm really pleased it's too late now. This is Day 2.

Had a weird moment this evening when a friend of dd's mum brought her back from spending the day with them. DD's friend's mum was really drunk and reeked of wine - at 7.30. I thought for an awful moment she had driven them back.

I won't judge her - I know her marriage is unhappy, she hates, her job and they've got money worries - but I didn't like the idea that my dd had been in her care when she was getting shitfaced. Given that I drink too much myself, does that make me a hypocrite? I'm not sure. I've never got drunk yet when I'm looking after someone else's kids, and I never want to. It helped me stay off the wine tonight.

Ooh look! We must all be terribly intelligent!

Well done MsGee! Fantastic. No way I could have resisted under those circs - I'm in awe.

greyhound I'm replacing it with food too, but I'm hoping I'll be able to stop that once I've got used to not drinking so much.

at JWN - I'm glad you had faith in us!

Really am going to bed now.

Lizzie I wouldn't have been happy with that at all. I'm not in a position to judge, as I got utterly wasted when dh and I had friends over for dinner. Dh drove them home and so ds was left alone with a passed out mum.

Boing!!! There is nothing like the boing of a narrowly escaped hangover. DD has been in my bed for a while and we were having a giggle - I nearly cried with relief at how normal and lovely it was and how I'm not hungover.

Thank you all so much. One is those who say they couldn't have done it ... I don't believe you. Because a month ago I thought that too. I was the babe who bounced off the roofrack to the sidecar and back without ever setting foot on the bloody bus. I was applauded for my persistence in trying and everyone was too nice to point out the failing

I wish I could capture what is different for me this time. Each day I get stronger though. I could not have done last night on day 2 or 6.

Anyway don't make life harder for yourselves by saying you couldn't do it. Don't limit your possibilities

Lovely Friday to you all babes. Tonight I will not be drinking