Hello, I'm mouse and my best friend used to be vodka. We were inseparable at the time, such fun! Wild nights out, wild nights in..... danger, excitement, strangers, not knowing where I was when I woke up, oh it was all so fantastic.....
Not the case for the last couple of years or so, since I found this Bus. 
Now, we are practically strangers. Don't get me wrong, I still abuse alcohol and use it to self-medicate which completely defeats all of the work I've put in, trying to see my life through sober eyes but that's just how I do things......
Anyway, that's enough about me 
so why not come say hello to the others on the Bus, we're all at different stages of drinking, not drinking or complete abstinence (of the drinking kind!)
No-one on the Bus wears judgy pants, nylon bloomers, leopard skin thongs? Maybe...... I wouldn't like to ask to be honest! But we are all here for the very same reason, we can't (or don't want to) control our drinking like 'normal' people do.
If you'd like to see how this all started, why not have a look HERE and read about one of the most inspirational ladies you'll ever 'know'.
You can also follow the threads, one by one, by clicking on the links on each thread towards the end, leading to the next etc......
See you soon x
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Mouseface · 24/09/2012 11:09
welllll!!! hello big boy!!!!! 
where you been?
seriously, how are you? how are the family? all well i hope!! my dd got married!!!! 
i was sober mother of the bride!!!
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Blimey, the legendary MIFLAW!
I was just about to sign up for an alcohol-free October on the bus, but no chance if I'm going to be placed under the MIFLAW tough-love alcy-scrutiny!
Evening, tis me, Mouse
Thank you for all of your lovely messages. Today has been okay actually, I felt like a drink earlier (not sure which one
) but it soon passed with a large scoop of chocolate ice-cream and a hug from Nemo Just wanted to pop in and say thank you, will be back over the weekend. I'm using my last day's membership at the gym tomorrow, bit of a gentle workout and then down to the spa. A few hours just for me
Night all, be safe and strong xx
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I have a large selection of medals which I have been given after races. You can take your pick alias. The kids love playing with them and all their friends think I am an amazing athlete who has won loads of races
Well, as if learning I might be made redundant and that the dear school caretaker had ended his life in school during the school day were not enough for one week, my best friend's DS (our kids are best friends and we holiday together) aged 4 has just been rushed to hospital in an ambulance and is having emergency surgery to remove a 2p coin from his throat. I think this week can f* off
Still sober tho
NoNo have you heard anything from friend? was the coin obstructing his breathing or just painful?
Agree this week can f* off. Think its not indigestion I have, its another effing bowel obstruction. That's me on water only for 24 hours then. And I just bought pain au chocolats for breakfast 
Still sober tho!
ellie would like to form helpful advice re. anxiety as I know how you feel (seroxat for 12 years) but unfortunately cannot think straight due to pain. But honestly, it gets easier.
kotinka thanks for the medal! Medals all round to everyone on the bus today.
Morning all,
boing! 6 af days for me, might not sound much but I'm happy with that.
Thank you to isinde and kotinka, I'm still just very relieved and a tiny, tiny bit guilty. I know that lots of peeps have much worse to deal with, I'd just come to the point where I wasn't going to put up with it any more.How are you both doing? isinde I liked the musing on stuff and economy.
nono I feel so sorry for the staff and children at your school,hope they have some good councellors (sp) for the children to help them through the initial period. Is your friend's ds ok?
hello ellie do you usually suffer from anxiety? sorry if you have already said, but increased anxiety can be part of getting sober. Booze hides lots of emotions which need thinking through when we stop drinking. Have a look at the threads- lots of babes talking through their feelings without the 'help' of alcohol.
joey hope you got to sleep eventually! hope you feel better soon.
Morning all have a happy saturday
Morning all, tis me, mouse
WELL DONE to those who managed not to pick up on FrightNightFriday, I have no idea why there seems to be such a hurry to get wasted for some people on a Friday simply because it's the end of their 'week' as such.
Well, actually, I can I suppose. I could years ago, oh how I lived for Fridays. And Saturdays. And Sundays and would 9/10 times roll into work on a Monday still absolutely tw@ted from a bender of a weekend clubbing and house parties.
Anywho................
Today I will mostly going to the posh gym for the very last time (membership ends tomorrow) and using the equipment (carefully, I promise, core work only), then down to the spa for a bit of me time and then back here to collect Nemo to go out shopping.
Just a pootle around town. DH has a friend coming to stay Sunday night (he's my friend too ) so is under strict instruction to find a delicious array of foods for tomorrow evening so that we can all have a nice meal together and catch up.
He is coming without his wife. I'm not sure what is going on but there is something which is a shame because they had always seemed so very in love until her mum sadly died 18mts ago 
So, that's my weekend.
What are the rest of you lovely lot up to? xx
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ellie wise words from guggs about booze hiding emotions. I think when you're sober you have to deal with the world more instead of ignoring it.
Warning: long post ahead
Turns out I had another bowel obstruction (is it any wonder I'm neurotic?) so was awake most of the night in pain. Fluids only for 24 hours (does alcohol count? ) but just had some coffee and that went down okay so hopefully the worst is over.
20 years ago I was seriously ill and had major surgery (actually thats the cause of all this: surgery sometimes leads to adhesions [internal scar tissue] sometimes leads to obstruction) Had 3 ops, and numerous fluid-only times. One memorable occasion I was on water only for 3 weeks.
And yet I seemed to bounce back much easier every time. Not an immediate return to health, obviously, but my body just coped better. Eg. I once went into work the day after one of these episodes - this morning I could barely even get out of bed. Of course, my body was a lot younger 15-20 years ago (my O' Level maths has not deserted me) but still....
I find this so depressing. Is it my age? or the CFS? or because I'm unfit? Maybe I should stop looking for reasons, and just accept my body takes longer to recover.
And, although I have never drunk when actually ill, I'm sure there is a part of my brain thinking - I don't know what's caused this obstruction - usually nuts, seeds, high-fibre foods, fruit etc - but the list is unpredictable - and I KNOW that fluids cannot trigger it. Twisted logic.
Sorry its so long and me, me, me. It does help to write it all down.
Also pissed off because while I was in bed DH and DD failed to get her lunch. She's 10, I don't know if that's old enough to make her own, but she could at least have reminded him. He expects her to remember.
Quote: I'm disappointed that while I was ill in bed, you both abdicated responsibility. I don't want you to blame each other. I want you to sort it out.
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