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.

Hey all,

Just checking in, wow, some amazing happening on this bus right now,you are all fantastically awesome. I am almost welling up with tears. Especially SAF, you go on yirself, wow, a real break through!! I hope that you get as much out of AA as I do, it's impossible to imagine the change that has happened to me in the last year, and it started with the realisations that you have been talking about here. I am so excited that you are going to experience this awesome rollercoaster journey.

I totally relate to the Friday night feeling, which led to the Saturday morning failure feeling, followed by the rest of a rotten weekend. Weekends are so different now. I love getting up early, I love spending time with my family, my friends, with myself.

Keep going all of you, the journey is sometimes hard, and there are kinks in the road, but for the first time ever, I am standing on the side of the road,where the grass is greener, the sky is bluer, everything is sparklier, and all because today I didn't pick up the first drink.

Right, there is some sunshine out there at the moment, off to look after my seeds, who'd have thought that gardening was fun!!!

thank you bafana am off to my second meeting in a bit. starting to feel a bit nervous again strangely but it'll be fine. how are you?

i poured my drink in a wine glass and i think it was a bad idea - keep doing double takes at it. think i might buy myself some new, no alcohol associations glasses.

Venus. Your post brought tears to my eyes. How dreadful that you ex cunt ('husband' is not a name he deserves) effectively drugged and forced sex on you. I had my share of pissed sex - I include a cousin of mine (not biologically related but not the point) and a married man. The shame was and is awful. Oh, and I also shagged my best female friend who is, as it happens, now my SIL. I've given dh a sanitised version of the latter, but not the truth.

My problem is that I don't like sweet drinks, so your usual boring non-alki alternatives like J20, Schloer etc just don't do it for me.

However on recent trip to ridiculously overpriced chi chi farm shop I discoved Belvoir Farm ginger cordial. Topped off with soda water & a slice of lime in a nice glass makes this makes a reasonably accpetable alternative to wine.

Might just go & pour myself one now . If anyone else has any other non-sweet suggestions I'm all ears.

ps thanks Mia for recipe - looks nommmm & will definately be giving it a try.

elderflower cordial and tonic is nice.

right. off to meeting. aaargh! hope it's as friendly and nice as the last one.

X posted Greyhound

Bloody hell!!

Best of luck Saf, we're all here virtually linking arms with you. x

Yup, DD is back. I can be calm, I will be calm.

Very good points you're making there venus - I can see that different drinks go with different foods (trying not to think about smoked salmon and malt whisky now...). I'll look for different soft drinks to enjoy.

I'd love to see you pout into your beautiful glass though.

saf what on earth is schloer??

Good luck saf

Greyhound I couldn't help but laugh at shagging your BFF who's now your DSIL. I bet that made for some interesting family gatherings...

Just wanted to say thanks again Brave Babes. Have a thumping headache (again), feel a bit sick (eating too much prob) and generally bit rubbish, but if it weren't for posting on here I'd have given in earlier and would be well into the white by now. As it is I'm cooking sag aloo to go wit' curry.

This is a great place, huh?

I'm cooking curry too .. DD is out playing with her friends and I'm almost drowning in my mouth (wanting wine) watering

I am not drinking tonight - I will feel better for it tomorrow - was back at the gym today .. another 5 miles done .. no point in spoiling it with wine is there?

Both of my grandmothers were alcoholics.. I knew my maternal grandmother liked a glass of whisky but it was only when my grandad was in hospital that we realised she was going through a bottle every two days .. My paternal grandmother didn't drink at all until she was widowed when I was a baby .. her friends took her out drinking and she got herself in a bad way (selling groceries my dad bought her to get booze etc) she eventually died of cirrhosis.

I don't want to be like them and I don't want to set my daughter on the road to alcoholism either ...

I AM NOT DRINKING TONIGHT ... (more for me than you)

Kirsty hang in there. Several posts today about that Friday feeling. Am sat here with ginger & soda drink, MNing like my life depends on it.
Must eat something soon & then craving will pass.

You have spurred me to go to gym tomoz whilst DCs are at a party

Eat Kirsty!

I'm eating!! lovely homemade extra spicy and healthy (scottish slimmers recipe) curry.. :)

chasing i love being back into the gym - enjoy!!

Best of luck Saf, thinking of you. x

Chasing I love that cordial too, am a ginger nut actually. I do have a problem with coffee, I really do drink far too much, especially at night, so really trying to cut back on that.

Just a thought if any babes are really craving badly it is the sugar but also lack of Vitamin B. Any old complex vitamin will do, but Thiamine is the biggest hit you need. Alcohol depletes supplies drastically, and interferes with the nervous systems and sometimes the heart. I think I have recommended it before but for new babes it's worth taking if you are trying to control, stop or continue.

Venus, shivering about booze filled memories along those lines, very brave, thank you. xx

chasing lime and tonic is nice. Refreshing and dry.

Sarah does lack of thiamine make you tired? I've felt shattered all week!!

I am not drinking

Good on ya MsGee - that's Friday nearly done and dusted.

No drinking for me today but have devoured own body weight in Revels at the cinema .

KirstyWirsty, bound to feel knackered. Just your body healing, and it needs a rest. Just try and give in to it as much as you can, sleep is your friend for a while. Make sure you are well hydrated and well fed.x

MsGee just amazing muttering to myself about you today, almost like word association, excel=MsGee Or show it be MsGee Excels? Sorry couldn't resist.

Chasing done the same with brownies, never going to fit into that bloody frock tomorrow night, may have to resort to those big knicker things and end up with a face like a beetroot.

chasing I don't like sweet drinks much either, which is why I like a lot of different teas instead of soft drinks. However I must say, since I have more or less stopped drinking I have really noticed when I have an occasional wine how sweet a drink it is. Even a dry wine now tastes sweet and sugary to me and I don't enjoy the taste as much as I thought I did. A chilled soda water with lime is much more refreshing .

A sober goodnight to you all. My earlier craving came and went - if only it could always be like that but I know not to project. Driving a friend to the pub tomorrow for lunch so definitely no drinking. As for tomorrow evening, I'm trying not to think that far ahead. At least I know where to come if my booze brain takes over.

well done everyone - especially msgee with everyone drinking there

another meeting done. i shared back on someone's share tonight and it felt good. it's really nice to have that shared humour and attitude and comradary (sp) of drinkers but without the booze.

now home in my cave scoffing toasted cheese and tuna sandwiches - yum.