Obrigada - 50, 4 dd's (aged 17 to 27), separated 16 years, am a binge drinker, once I start I have trouble stopping!
ma,49, mother of two adult dds and one pre-teen DS. Serial offender when it comes to drinking. Record AF is two weeks.works fulltime, rocky relationship with dh, periodically attempts jogging to lose weifht
Mouseface - 38 - DH and DD 14 and Nemo just 4 -disabled full time carer 'training' for a sponsored 2.9km hobble/shuffle - attempting controlled drinking, resorting to abstinence instead when necessary.
Curryeater - 41 - DP and two small DDs - a job in media - attempting controlled drinking, resorting to abstinence instead when necessary
PurpleWolfe 51 Single (sob!) DS 31 - wayward, DD 11 - pre teen, DS - 9 and DS -7. Not working as have enough to do with three children to look after right now. Previous life - well paid PA (now not got enough brain cells!). Alcohol - serial re offender. Longest AF - 7 weeks
Guggs, 42. One ivf ds, teacher and bookworm. After many years on the booze I joined this lovely bus and after a long time of trying to abstain I realised that I can't control; I needed to stop. Sober for 4.5 months with AA. Have no idea if I will drink again or not, hope not.
Greeneyed [age unknown, copped out] Wrote what I though was a succinct and witty intro for me then worried about being identified....
Horses, DH, DS 14 and DD 11. Am comfortable with own drinking but am interested/hugely supportive of those with troublesome relationships with alcohol, have a friend who I believe drinks in an unhealthy way, family friend a recovering alcoholic with AA for 20 years.....
aliasjoey 42, DH and DD (10) and one dog (photo on profile)
Venus, 51 - but looks much, much younger due to lack of alcohol, fount of all wisdom (ha!), 2 grown dc, about to become a grandmother (shit - I must be old!), mostly not drinking at all.
Isinde - 48 permanently tired lesbian mother of twins. Runs own organisation/leadership/people related consultancy Longest dry is 5 weeks shorted is last night.
Crap at name checking and being responsible for continuity...and poetry but thinks otherwise
Fullofhopefulness-52 divorced (would like to meet nice man but wont find 1 as spend most of time on own in own living room). Mother of 2 uni kids. Project manager - being badly bullied by trust senior management because it would suit them best just now if I left as THEY have mismanaged their budgets.
Clutter - 35. Dh, dd 14 ds 3. Work part time as Health Visitor.
Struggle with mortgage, teens & toddler tantrums, sometimes feel lost in the chaos.
Longest AF 12 weeks & felt so much calmer. Currently at 2 weeks & want to be AF forever
Mintyy - 50. Work very part time for a tiny company in a job I really love. Got dh, dd 12 and ds 9. Gradually falling out of love with white wine and slowly reducing overall consumption. Usually do 4 nights a week alcohol free but, annoyingly, occasionally forget all my good intentions and drink a whole bottle to myself and feel shite the next day (maybe once a month or so). Worried about six good friends in rl who I am certain are really struggling with alcohol. Lurk on the bus for inspiration and sobering thoughts.
Ladame -51. DH, DD19. Own catering company, long-time roofrack lurker. Bottle or nothing girl. Try for four nothings a week, would settle for three, usually manage two. Live in rural France where there is FA to do of an evening, hence a couple of hours at the end of the day with DH. Didn't drink much until mid-forties. Would like to have more willpower but am sadly lacking. Great admirer of babes that can abstain for days. Think should add B (for boredom) to HALT. Suffering from menopause and empty nest syndrome.
JWIM 50 recently (it's fine, really it is) DH and two teen DC. Very occasional poster since the first thread - a wonderful support in some dark days and now catch up when I can. Nearly 3 years almost entirely AF after 10 years of increasing consumption (white wine - poison of choice) a bottle plus every night by the end. Abstinence is so much easier for me - very occasional single glass of wine but it does raise my 'I want more, more regularly' thinking and I am mindful that that would only end badly.
Lemonylemon 50 week after next DS 16 week after next, DD 6 in October. Separated from DS's Dad a few years before he died in 2004; widowed (sort of, it was 3 weeks to our wedding day) in 2007. Now just the 3 Musketeers and 2 cats; longest time AF since 2007, 11 days in February. Now on Day 3. Was drinking a bottle of white every night for quite a while. Work in legal (but not employment, unfortunately).
Theala 38, no kids (sore point), on the point of splitting up with bipolar DP. Have been using drink as a way to escape for far too long. Just started anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds.