The Brave Babes Battle Bus - All Going On A Sober Holiday! <crosses fingers that it stays sunny>

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Hello, tis me, mouse

Welcome to The Brave Babes Battle Bus, grab yourself a seat, they're really comfy and a , oh and a home-made chocolate chip before they all get eaten!

We're a Bus full of alcohol abusers/addicts, some of us say it out loud, some whisper it and some aren't ready to say it at all just yet.

That said, there are a few of us who just have the occasional drink and that's something that they can handle. There are a few of us who must NEVER have another drink because that first one will lead to many, many more which will only ever end badly.

We're open to all....there are no requirements to join us on our journey to sobriety, there's support, great laughs, tears and tantrums here and that's just me!!!

If you'd like to see how we got here, follow THIS LINK

Afternoon, tis me, Mouse

Thank you all for the kind words of encouragement and support, I don't post about my woes to get attention or sympathy, I post them to get it all off my rather ample chest so that DH, DD and Nemo don't cop it!!

I just wanted to post a quick doc update and then will read back

I had that glass of wine as planned and whilst it helped to quicken the effects of my meds, it did leave me with a stinking head this morning. Just one glass! Clearly, my body is not used to strong reds anymore.

Which is cool with me .

Fire - I am 10 minutes away from HERE It's one of the best hospitals in the UK, if not further because of the skill levels of the surgeons and specialists on hand.

Most serious RTAs end up there. When I saw my physio for the first time, he asked if he could use my details as a case study but that was for SPD (Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction) so he concentrated on that as they were unaware of my spine problems at the time.

My GP has put me on some similar drug to Pregabalin (which I had to stop due to the stroke like symptoms I got with it!) it's Gabapentin. I'm starting on a very low dose again and working up slowly.

He's swapped the morphine MST for another brand (Zomorph). The only difference is that I have them all the same colour and they save £££s on the NHS which to be fair I'm all for as there's no way I'd be able to pay for all of these treatments.

I'm happy with that for now, he said to me that there really is nothing more that we can do but 'manage' the pain. He suggested making sure that I was still in the system with the chronic pain management team at the above hospital and to let them know what the spinal surgeon said.

Right, off to feed everyone and have a quick catch up before Nemo's nurse arrives. xx

thanks for that link saf

According to the GP, Vitamin D deficiency is less than 20, 'insufficiency' is 20-50, normal is over 50. I scored 49.5

Still not convinced its that, but have megadoses to take and will see how we go!

mouse glad to hear Seth is back home! Am away on holiday this evening, so will wave to you on the way back from Wales on Friday!

joey a repeat prescription for a holiday somewhere with gentle sunshine might be an answer?

Joey - we may pass each other as we're off to Anglesey on Friday. I can't wait. I just need a few different walls to surround me when we're inside, with the sea all around when we're outside. It's a gorgeous little haven.

Where are you going? [nosy]

Saf - i always find it odd celebrating my parents anniversary because i spent my whole childhood wishing they'd split up

My bio father left when I was 2 and always blamed my mother until I was older and started to have relationships of my own. Now I applaud her for putting up with him for as long as she did and I'm so very pleased that they didn't stay together 'for the sake of the children'.

Re vitamin D deficiency, I know that vitamin B is also crucial if you like a drink or seven. The lovely venus has a whole list of reasons why.

I take a good multivit and also vitamin B complex. Milk thistle is also good for your liver.

Nemo's nurse is here, back son xx

free liver supplements are dandelion leaves! seriously you can just pick some, wash them, steep in boiling water and drink.

Just read that article, and was struck by most alcoholics equate 'going to sleep' with 'passing out'. How true. Now that I've stopped passing out of a night-time, I've had to re-learn how to sleep well and properly. It's taken a long time to re-learn how to fall gently asleep, and to stay asleep; and even longer not to panic if I'm awake in the wee hours of the morning, and to go and read a book instead - reminding myself that at least in the morning I'll only be a little tired, not sick and shaky and hungover.

Right Babes

I have been sober for 6 days now and am flying to France in about half an hour.

Two weeks away on my first sober holiday.

And you know what..........I can't wait

I may not be on here in the next couple of weeks but I will certainly be reading.

Stay safe my lovelies.

Just got back from the supermarket and guess what caught my eye. Chocolate wine!

Never seen that before. It's red wine with dark chocolate flavouring, so it says on the bottle. As if there wasn't already enough marketing and advertising to make people think they need to drink to have a good time

Have a great holiday Silver

going to Lake Vyrnwy (mid-north-Wales) which is not exactly guaranteed sunshine, but looking forward to a nice break

S'pose I ought to start packing...

Oh, I was in M&S earlier and not only didn't buy any wine - didn't even think about it! Not sure what my drinking plans are for the holiday... I'm thinking maybe not have any wine during the meal, wait till after?? It will be hard - but worth it - already discovered how good it feels to drink less.

straps on ticket machine and feels all butch
six days is brilliant silver bloody well done.

Well done Silver Have a lovely holiday.

DC2 home tonight for his Birthday tomorrow, then going back to the smoke on Thursday, and I'm off on holiday on Friday, maybe we can all wave at each other on our travels?

I'm going to www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGJJ3aKwjUI
Ooh I hope that works, first time I've done a link!!

By the way Ma Did you ever watch "Malcolm in the middle" the one where the mum has a really sexy enthusiastic reaction to her Dh wearing a tool kit?
Better not wear the ticket machine indoors

We're off! We're off!
We're off in a motor car!

I promise NOT to stay up drinking after DH goes to bed

Byeee

Have a lovely time joey, the weather is getting better over the next couple of days, I think.

Day 2 is a little harder as I had to pop to the shops to buy milk a little while ago which is my 'picking up wine' trigger. I know that I am not going to drink but I quite fancy it. I am going to watch the Olympics with several glass of tonic water and a bag of haribos.

sounds like a good week then thurso

have a lovely time joey and silver.

have had a very lazy day today. must be more productive tomorrow!

aiming for an early night here.

night all x

Hey all, just seen this thread and i think i should jump on!

Had a couple of weeks recently when i was totally sober and it was fantastic. Really, i felt great, but its soooo hard to stay with it......

I really wonder how other people find it so easy.

way past
No-one on this bus finds it easy I can assure you.

Evening, tis me, Mouse

Way - I really wonder how other people find it so easy.

Hmmmmm, not 'easy' as such, I just find myself, my body, my life, my moods, my cravings, my worries, my troubles and my children easy when I'm sober.

Getting sober and staying sober if far from easy.

Grab yourself a seat and see what you think after a couple of journeys.

Night Saf xx

My fecking phone has died. I am soooooooooooooooooooooo not happy that 2 days before going on holiday, I have to go into town, leaving my lovely little village behind and get it sorted.

On the plus side, I get my brand new car tomorrow .

Silver - have a lovely time. Do what you need to xxx

Joey - and you!

Right, CSI time.

Night all xxx

Silver - brilliant, just brilliant. You know how important you are to my sobriety (Bristol Airport - Xmas 2010) and so I delight in every single second that you are sober xxx

ma .... .......when my dd2 was very young we were driving behind a bus with notice which said £7 per hour to drive this bus. dd2 said 'that's not much that we would have to pay for me to drive the bus'... So I said ... err no.. they pay you £7 per hour to drive the bus.... dd2 [in complete astonishment] they would pay someone to drive a bus? ...