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The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Whacking The Wine Witch Round The Chops (With Barry The Squid).

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Mouseface · 01/05/2013 17:32

Hello, I'm Mouse :)

I'm one of the Brave Babes who's travelling on this wonderful, magical, mysterious Bus, trying to hold onto my sobriety for me, and for my family.

I do drink but thanks to this Bus, I've kicked the vodka addiction into touch and the evil WineWitch has been banished far, far away so I now drink in a controlled manner, One Day At A Time. :)

By that, I mean that just for today, I won't be drinking. Tomorrow, however, I will be because it's a very special occasion. The day after will be dealt with when I wake, and the day after that, the day after etc.....

We're a Bus filled with some fantastic posters, some who drink, some who don't touch a drop ever and some who are on/off drinkers who have lovely warm seats in the side-car, some are hanging onto the roof-rack by the tips of their fingers and trying their best to resist the dreaded WineWitch's charms night after night. But they are trying, and that's all that any of us can do, is keep trying, keep starting again!

So, if you think that you're drinking too much (you probably are) why not come and say hi? We won't bite - unless you ask very nicely, manners cost nothing Wink.

There's lots of seats so pick whichever one you like and have a Brew. Just jump in, we're not a judgemental pack of quiche makers Wink

And here's a bit of light reading for you.... our latest thread and the very first one, the reason we're all here.

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OP posts:
dementedma · 12/05/2013 17:05

Hey all
All organised for tomorrow to take bro to his stay at the sally army. He's very frightened but has managed to shower and shave today, which is progress.
alias are you OK?

aliasjoey · 12/05/2013 17:19

ma I'm so glad your brother is getting help at last! What does he think about it? I admit, I didn't even know the Salvation Army did that.

greeny I don't know what to tell the doctor. It seems like I take an SSRI and the anxiety goes away, but then I start feeling exhausted & unrefreshed sleep. But then I was taking seroxat for 10 years without any problems, so maybe it's something else. I'm a bit confused. I've been to the GP 9 times in 18 months - they must be so fed up of me!

dementedma · 12/05/2013 17:31

purple trying to reply to your pm but don't think its sending. If it has you will have it three times!
alias sally army place is more about homelessness, but its the only place we could find that would take him. Don't known if its going to work out but its all we have

Mintyy · 12/05/2013 17:59

Crossing everything for Richard, ma. Its more than a bit shocking that it has to be a charity rather than the Nhs that offers to treat him. I live very near the Salvation Army hq in London and have often shared the night bus home with some desperately drunk men on their way there. You can't help buy admire the people who volunteer their time to do this work. I really hope it works out for him.

ohcluttergotme · 12/05/2013 18:33

Thanks Alias, feeling slightly better, been really sick, upset tum & cough that won't go away. Thinking I'm maybe just really anxious about new job & need to learn to relax & stop worrying.
Hope you get on ok at Gp tomorrow, sounds like you've been through so much.
It's all football, football in this house at the moment! X

aliasjoey · 12/05/2013 19:18

clutter when do you start your new job? Or, sorry, you already started didn't you? (It's so hard to keep up, no wonder purple left Sad ) How is it going?

I know exactly what you mean about anxiety. I've bidding for a pair of jeans on ebay, and they're only £15 but I keep thinking am I doing the right thing, what if they don't fit... bloody mental I am!

ohcluttergotme · 12/05/2013 19:40

Alias I so get like that, psychoanalysis every little thing I do, decision I make, what I'll make for tea , what I say, don't say ad infinitum! It's exhausting. Started new job 3 weeks ago, it's quite overwhelming & I'm wondering if I've made the right decision. Feel like they must be wondering how I got post.
Good luck with the jeans Smile x

greeneyed · 12/05/2013 20:24

joey tHats nothing i've been at least that many times in 6 months. Trust me they will have people who are far more of a pain in the arse than you Grin . If you are not well, you're not well and there is nothing wrong with going back to GP when you are still struggling. Remind me how come you can't go back on the seroxat?

greeneyed · 12/05/2013 20:25

baby how is day one going?

chastemccain · 12/05/2013 20:35

Hi Babes, I'm back for round 150 two! Was here a while back under 'theresafire'. Have managed to do ten days a couple of times but that's a few months back now so I'm back where I started. Not sleeping, feeling shite, guilty and paranoid. I'm convinced I'm going to die of liver failure too soon.

DS (2) has asthma and croup currently, had a 3am visit to ED the other night. Tonight he is wheezy and I can't sleep for listening to him breathe worrying and 2hrly ventolin. Is 3am here, I'm quite familiar with being up at this hour.

Hopefully that will change soon with tomorrow being Day1 again. I have lots of coke and chocolate to see me through.

Hi to all babes new and old. Ma your brother will be in good hands (like yours) with the SA, look after you now, how's the running going? Is that you? (I don't mean to sound flip).

Hi mouse , I'm still amazed at all you cope with and your brilliant mentoring of all babes here. Sorry to hear your pain is still a bitch. Puts my problems into perspective.

Hi joey still working on addressing that anxiety, good luck. I would be happy to swap booze for diazepam myself, can't see any problems there don't reckon that's going to happen though!

isinde Hi, love your poems, and that you sleep best with a clean kitchen among other things. A lot of what you post really resonates with me, thanks.

venus , purple , gugg and faire. Posts of yours have stayed with me also, hope you're all well tonight.

aliasjoey · 12/05/2013 20:39

greeny after I became very fatigued last year the doc switched me to mirtazapine but that doesn't do much for anxiety.

I'm thinking of suggesting a couple of other drugs, pregabalin or buspirone. But worried about not being taken seriously, tiredness isn't really ill is it?

clutter any new job takes a while to get used to, at least 2 months before you start to make sense of it! Honestly, no-one expects somebody to just walk in and know what they were doing straightaway

chastemccain · 12/05/2013 20:42

baby sorry to hear of park incident with dd. take heart, happens to me also, Dd is ten. One of my biggest motivating forces is to try not to look like a freakin zombie when I stand next to the Eurasian beauty she is bitch lol.

lonnika · 12/05/2013 20:52

Hi all - end of day 13 here :) - Baby I have reversed the ageing process by not drinking :)
Hope all on day one are having a good day :). Goodnight all

fullofhopefullness · 12/05/2013 20:57

Sorry lonnika - hopefully day 1 tomorrow. Life not good just now - going to try though !

lonnika · 12/05/2013 21:10

Hope life gets better for you soon :(. Good on you for keeping on trying that is all any of us can do!

PurpleWolfe · 12/05/2013 21:21

Mouse's quote to me from a well known song "You can check out any time you like but you can never leave" is ringing true. x

Soz lol! Bad fucking week (but nothing compared to others Sad ), teddies out the pram episode........Ma you promised me green Opal fruits.......? You'd better deliver.....??? xx

stella10 · 12/05/2013 21:22

Mind if I ask how old you are baby? I feel the same, frightened of killing myself from the inside but absolutely terrified of prematurely aging myself!! So want to be fit and healthy and look good and vibrant again!

ohcluttergotme · 12/05/2013 21:26

Thanks alias, I'm maybe putting myself under too much pressure & need to cut myself some slack, tis hard though Hmm Thank you for your kind words

Lonnika day 13 is amazing, huge well done & well done on reversing the ageing process. Was reading a leaflet today about the damage alcohol does to your skin & that it drys your hair out too Hmm

Fullofhope sorry things not great, sending a hug & hope things improve soon x

Feel so different this Sunday than I did last Sunday with bad hangover.

Night night brave babes. Wishing everyone well on their journeys to fighting the ww and any other booze demons x

lonnika · 12/05/2013 21:34

Funny you should say that Ohclutter I noticed that my hair was feeling better but thought I was just imagining it

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Mouseface · 12/05/2013 21:35

Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha -

I have the power to draw you back Purple my pretty Wink

Good to see you back lovely, I scooped up the green Opal Fruits (Starbursts? I think not!) and saved them for you. :) Welcome home xx

Hey Stella :)

Lonni - you are doing great!! Well bloody done xx

Welcome back Chaste - good to see that you are back for support, I hope that you have support with your little one being poorly? Are you worried? I hope he's okay? xx

Waves to ALL BRAVE BABES regardless of their time here. I'm off to bed, lots of love and safety to you all for the evening, and whatever lies ahead.

Nemo has a hospital appt in the morning, genetics, to see what else (if anything) is genetically wrong with him. We've waited a long time for this...... I'm both worried and excited to find out more.

Sleep well Brave Babes be kind to yourselves and gentle too. :) xx

OP posts:
fullofhopefullness · 12/05/2013 21:38

Hi welcome back purp !! After bot of ww cant say much more!
Thanks clutter I can Maybe tell more whenever sober hopefully tomorrow. Love to all xx

chastemccain · 12/05/2013 21:50

Thanks mouse DS will be fine, might see GP today for preventative asthma meds. Thanks for your concern. You have my metaphorical hand to hold and I will be thinking of you and your lovely nemo today. Best of luck, happy belated birthday for the little fella, is he loving school?

aliasjoey · 12/05/2013 21:54

purple ! How are you doing now?

babyjane1 · 12/05/2013 22:05

green clutter minty joey chaste loni thank you all so much for your comments and support, very grateful and touched. stella I'm 41 and my dd's are 13 and 2 and I look and feel like shite, completely overwhelmed by life wine has stolen my looks and dignity! purple please stay, pretty please??? Can anyone send me virtual Botox??? green I'm rocking day 1 x x x x x

venusandmars · 12/05/2013 22:41

purple I think that's the thing about here - we may not agree with all the posts, we may strop and fight (not often), we may bare our souls and wish we hadn't, but, but, BUT at the end of the day I don't know anywhere else where people understand me like you lot, where I can post and know that someone will have done the same (or worse), where no-one will minimise my concerns or excuse them - but they'll understand and pardon. I just can't keep away.

baby in my mind I think I look serene and lovely like Botticelli's image of venus here but in reality I look much more like this