Morning, tis me, Mouse :)
I think I 'needed' last night if that makes sense, we've just had so much going on, and 'I've' had so much going on that I needed a bit of a fuck it moment! Thank you for all of your kind words of support, it means a lot.
I wanted to say that over the last four+ years, we've seen lots of successful Babes kick the living shit out of the booze, FOR GOOD even though it's only ever really One Day At A Time.
JWN, Venus, BProud, Bafana, Trinity, and MIFLAW to name a few who are TOTALLY SOBER today, but we have those who have been sober for days, weeks, and months too, which is something that they didn't quite believe they'd ever really achieve.
This place, this Bus has always had those who lapse and always will, that's what keeps it moving.
We're not a Boot Camp, honest! We're a support thread for those who are trying to find their own source of support away from here. AA, Addiction Counselling, Detox via a set program, seeing your GP or checking into a private clinic. Whatever works for you might not be for me and we need to be our own leaders in that.
Some Babes have even devised their own way of detoxing or ways to reduce the amount they consume and those too are success stories, but some aren't and that's what keeps us trying, surely?
Those who do come back to say why they failed, to say why they feel they didn't quite get it right and either ask for advice on how to avoid that gigantic pitfall or blip again, do so because there is ALWAYS someone who has walked in those shoes, their shoes.
We've all said how bad drinking makes us feel, emotionally, physically, etc and are never 'proud' to be hungover, or feeling sick, shaky, knowing that it was never going to end well!
But our posts, the honesty that some of us feel we can share, might just be helping someone out there, even with those who are trying to end the living hell of the constant cycle of drinking, those desperate to get off the hamster wheel........
For me it's those posts that help me and I'm sure others, to stop at my own limit. To now know and understand why that boundary is now in place to start with.
There's so many sources of support out there, and on this site, so many different ways to go these days, but knowing that this Bus has a stop for me and it's always within reach, keeps me starting these threads for whoever wants to use the Bus and as long as we have those who are trying to stop even for that next hour of their lives, then I will start a new thread.
Thank you all for making that the case :) xxx
Have Brave days Babes, you can stop drinking for 'good' but you REALLY HAVE TO WANT IT! And you will, one day you really will. Just look at Richard's story. From zero to absolute hero in my book, with the right tools anything is possible xxx