The Brave Babes Battle Bus - On Their Way To............... Amarillo?

[Mouseface]

.............. sorry, ran out of ideas tonight!

Hello, tis me, Mouse and I have a very abusive relationship with alcohol, vodka in particular.

Welcome to the Battle Bus, full of totally Brave Babes all on their own personal journey to sobriety. Some are there, some are still on their way and some aren't quite ready yet but stay on the Bus for a good old natter

Wherever you are in your quest to get back control of your drinking, we've all been there too so you're not alone, not by a long shot.

Come take a seat and say hello.

If you'd like to know the history behind this amazing journey, you can follow the links back HERE

See you soon x

Wow. I know I said I wouldn't post again, but I do feel I need to say something.
I posted last night as Spiders changed her name to her normal user name, a big deal, and very brave in my opinion. No one else seemed to be on the thread and I posted as I thought she probably wanted someone to talk to. To make that brave decision and be greeted with silence would be pretty difficult, it would to me anyway.
Spiders I hope you're okay today, and you too Mumin.
I wasn't posting last night for pissed banter with like-minded pissheads. I was attempting to be a friendly ear.

I'm off to the GP on Monday where I will also be talking about what help I can access for my drinking, just so you know what category of drinker I belong to, if that's helpful.
I also want to say that I've lurked on this thread since JWN's first. Through that time, I've cut down, stopped, started, but I've kept reading as it has helped me. I've also posted before, under another guise I think. And not just late in the evening and not just when drinking. After today, I no longer think it will help me. I've found this upsetting, so I will be hiding this thread.
I wish you all the best of luck with your journeys.
Curious

Curious I don't know what happened or what is happening, tbh. I'm sorry if this thread is not helping you.

Just in case you haven't hidden this thread already, I wanted to share with you my experience of going to the doctor. He laughed at me. He couldn't believe I was a serious, serious drinker. Told me to exert some self-control. I had to go back again, and the second time, he referred me to the addiction centre. Apparently a lot of GPs are not trained to deal with addiction issues and won't prescribe for them. The key is, if your GP is of that ilk, to get a referral to somewhere that does deal with the issues.

Good luck. You've made a hugely positive step.

Hello all

Complete roller coaster of a week work wise, and otherwise too, now that I think about it, and have stopped.

I haven't been posting, as I have been working, studying (yup, that time of the year ) to a ridiculous degree, and have also been out for 3 nights out of 5 at the gym . Someone sent me a lovely photo of me and Dh at a party last week, Dh looking like a boy, and me?, well, I thought "what fat arms you have Grandma!!!!!" (and I'm not a Grandma!)
The upshot was that today, I folded in a heap over my laptop, trying to work, and cried [big wuss icon].

And so, I stopped, and am off for the rest of the weekend [yaay]

I have only read quickly, but "hello" to everyone who has joined, if I'm honest (and where else can you be?) I have kept up (speed read last night), but, I haven't thought that there was anything useful or helpful that I could add. I am just doing the day, at the moment, very boring, and I didn't think that my contributions would help anyone.

For me, though, I wouldn't like this thread to split. I have found that so many different people, with many different perspectives, have things to say that could help anyone here. People who aren't drinking at all, people who have changed the way that they drink, and people who post whilst drinking, all, I think, have a reason to be welcomed, because they just might say that thing (whatever it is) that will help someone else.

Oops, I didn't mean this to have been a book!

Thanks for holding my virtual hand, whilst I have been grimly hanging on to my ticket this week

lots of love
T xxx

X posted (inappropiate while this is going on, obviously).
Sorry.

On the subject of GPs I was incredibly lucky. I went in with a virus and just broke down and admitted everything. The young (well everyone is compared to me!), female doctor spent some time on a ward that dealt with liver disease, she reassured me that my liver wasn't swollen and could recover and then referred me for counselling straight away. Unfortunately she left 2 weeks later, but I don't begrudge her because she went to work on the military ward at Selly Oak.

So far my new surgery doesn't seem as approachable. I have the number to call for self referral for counselling...I just need to ring it!

Oooh Ginger - ring it, ring it! (Will bounce up and down on Ginger on Monday...) x

personally i wouldn't want to see this thread spread as i have friends and people i like chatting to who drink/don't drink/whatever. i am really glad that there were people on here who didn't drink at all and openly called themselves alcoholics (even if i staunchly refused to join them for a very long time ) when i was drinking. so for all the reasons others have said i don't think a split along those lines would work for most of us.

other than that like faire said - generally the easiest thing is that if you are drinking and happy then it's considerate not to post on here saying ooh i'm having a lovely glass of wine/whatever you're drinking/taking for obvious reasons! that's how i handled it when i was drinking and how most of the regulars handle it as far as i can see. we've never usually had problems with mixed bag so don't see why we should now.

we're all grown ups and well able to handle the odd disagreement.

have been at softplay for hours. ds is frazzled thank goodness. it will be his bedtime before i know it and the end of day 18 for me

i meant split not spread pretty frazzled myself it seems.

Oh jeepers, I am going to be nagged on Monday! I need it pix!

Did it go alright SAF :o have you got a nervous tic yet ? Well done on day 18 :o

the lady i met had to leave fairly quickly after her 2yo went into tantrum tunnel world and then we bumped into a boy in ds's class and his mum so they played whilst we chatted. all good. saturday is my longest day generally - bar bank holidays so always glad to see the back of it.

nervous tic from what? being so pious?

Aaa argh, multiple naggings!

I will nag too :)

From Softplay :o

Oh balls, guess I will be phoning on Monday then!

It's day two - theres a meeting tonight - maybe I ought to go?

lemon and lime drizzle cake, anyone?

pix from what I hear about AA it's a bit like going to the gym - nobody really wants to go but it does you the world of good and afterwards you're glad you did, so my vote is that you should go

Got my wedding outfit sorted, just need to get shoes, jewellery and nail polish now. Will probably do that tomorrow with dd. I bought a fab plunge/push up bra which really lifts and shapes everything . Hose's eyes nearly popped out of his head . Finally, my norks stick out further than my stomach! If only I'd know it was this easy I'd have bought the bloody bra years ago

Love the word 'norks'! I am firmly (haha) a sports bra girl, underwires do my head in!

YES PLEASE Ma. Yum. Did you make yourself? I have a lovely shabby chic cake dome sitting in my kitchen that is empty. Must bake something to go in it!
Faire name of bra please! Please. Please!.... I want/need one too. And what you wrote at 16.44 I totally agreed with.

We can take what we need and give what we can from this Bus as and when.....
I love this bus the way it is.

Finally, my norks stick out further than my stomach! If only I'd know it was this easy I'd have bought the bloody bra years ago

pixwix - twas a tad nightmarish for a while - had a chipgate saga with some less than classy lady putting her child's huge plate of chips on my chair whilst i was getting a drink (still had coat and scarf on chair so clear it was in use). when i came back i politely said, 'are these yours?' and got a mouthful about how yeah they were but there were no f'ing tables so i smiled and said yes but i need to sit down. so she garbled more swear words and put the chips on the floor. then a ladies 2 yo was tantruming and kicked out and kicked the chips over which made classy lady even happier and give me another mouthful about how it was my fault. all because i wanted to sit on my chair

to one side of the softplay centre is my naice-ish village, in the other direction is dodgy estate land. can lead to some slight culture clashes.

no nervous tic though - feeling pretty resilient to other peoples crap at the minute.

and yes - go to the meeting - pack them in while you can.

yay for decent bra faire i haven't gotten used to my newly protuding tummy yet - went to squeeze past a small child earlier and bashed him in the head with it it isn't on my spacial awareness radar yet.

spatial spacial? thinking the former. sorry pedants.