The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Walking In A Winter Sober Land!

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Hello Brave Babes, I'm Mouse :)

Welcome to the 'Bus Of Fun' (now you've come of age!)

This is a thread for those who want to give up drink completely, or are maybe thinking about doing controlled drinking, or cutting down slowly, with a view to quitting or not... it's up to you.

You know your limits, you know what is required, it's in your hands. And only you can make it happen.

Whatever your goal, you'll find support here. Always.

There will be talk of drinking and those who fall off the Bus (arse over tit) will post about it, so if that is going to jeopardise your chances of complete sobriety, then maybe the DRY thread would suit you better, as they are complete abstainers. :)

That said, this Bus is happy to have you no matter what, as long as you can cope with chat of drinking, nights out/in, failures, cyclical drinkers, etc......

Everyone has always been welcome here and shall remain to be.

No-one is ever turned away. EVER.

There are no hard and fast rules, other than the support here is unconditional, it may be in the form of tough love at times, but it's always meant with the very best of intentions.

There are two sayings that we like here -

1. • The Vulnerable Need Our Support, Not Our Judgement
2. • Alcohol Fosters Inertia

The rest kind of happens as the posts appear.

I hope that's okay with you all.

You'll find the last thread HERE, THAT WILL LEAD TO THREADS BEFORE IT, SOME HISTORY

And the original and real, truly heartfelt reason that we are here in the first place is HERE. A VERY SOBERING READ

The Bus may be 'mythical', but the support is real, honest and will help you to achieve what it is that you seek, as long as you are honest with us, but mostly, YOURSELF

See you soon. x

I might join in I have poem to add

Go ma

Isinde very moving words

Hi all :) hope your all

Opp s posted too soon! ...okay
Loving the poetry :)
Got to day five here.. Had to stop really as had a pain in my upper abdomen!! Or liver :(
Pain has gone now so was def alcohol related.
So here I am experiencing my very first sober new year.. Am just staying in watching tv and reading ! How exciting eh..
Hope you all have a great eve no matter what your up to. See you in 2014 xx

Isinde and Ma thank you so very much. Pride of place on the jar.

Made me cry. Im working tonight, so it wont be lonley.

Late fragment

And did you bet what you wanted from this life,even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved.
To feel myself beloved on this earth.

Raymond Carver.

May you all feel beloved Babes

Bet, should say get!

wonderful poems : )

Just checking in and then out again because it's well past my bed time.

Thank you to all you marvellous babes,you have kept me sober all year.
I'm very grateful to you all.

Happy new year x

Happy New Year wonderful guggs.

why I LOVE the idea of your pot!

isinde what a great poem. Is that the one which Nelson Mandela recited. Love it.

Happy new year to you all
why thinking of you lovely

Hello mouse baby ma spanna joey beaches isindie next

I have woke up to realise I have yet another in the house on my own with the dc making dinner and drinking we don't go anywhere do anything or see anyone and I'm so board of it I wish I could give the drink up forever it takes our spare money feeling so lonely today.

*another day in house

Happy New Year babes. Wishing you a healthy 2014.

Happy New Year to all Babes, wherever you are.

I wish for you, the best things that you wish for yourselves and your families in 2014.

With much love
T xxxxxxxxxx

Happy New Year all Brave Babes wishing you all love, health, happiness and some wealth thrown in there (always helps) [Hmm]

I am on Day 3 - that was my first sober NYE that I can remember as an adult that is a sobering thought

I'm special 'Hello' babe. Life with little money and DCs can be stressful and boring. I spend some weekends with no adult company at all and then talk off anyones ears that comes into earshot in the playground at school on the monday Why not start making a list of all the stuff you want to achieve and have happen this year, it can be really small things or huge things (like your moving). I find getting things on paper makes the task more achievable.

How was all other babes NYEs?

I'm I feel the same but will not be drinking as doing dry january. care to join us?
I feel if I have to cook one more meal i will cry. Period arrived last night in fairly spectacular fashion so feeling double crap. At least it keeps dh away - that was for you thurso!
Anyway, here's to you all and I hope 2014 brings more good stuff and less shit

Hello all,
NYE over and done with, TBH it was a bit crap for most if the evening. Enjoyable at midnight but we came home quickly after as DS was struggling to keep his eyes open :o
I was explaining to DH about Dry January and he (most surprisingly) didn't just scoff and brush it away. He said we would discuss it today which alarms me slightly! All I said was that I suddenly realised that I wasn't 100% sure I could stop easily anymore and I needed to prove to myself that I could. So we shall see...
I'm back at work tonight and Thursday so not drinking then will be ok, then it's the weekend

I'm I'm another one who spends all weekend with dcs and no adult company, it does wear you down. Especially this time of year when you're mostly stuck indoors x

Oh bit tmi but I noticed today when I was brushing my teeth that I had bleeding gums for the first time in months. I don't know if it's due to almost daily drinking for the past month but it can't have helped :(

I feel better knowing its not just me i feel I'm going mad spent till now cleaning up the mess.

ma I'm thinking of having another go at AF so I think I might join you all x

anne I have that often I didn't realise it was to do with drinking ?

Hope mouse is ok x

Happy New Year Brave Babes:)

Happy new year everyone!
I ended up spending midnight alone. DH took the girls over to our friends but I wasn't feeling well so stayed at home and watched the fireworks. It was nice actually, very peaceful which is what I wanted.
Woke up after a 12 hour sleep still exhausted and DH in a really really crabby mood today and a horrible skin break out. Only one of those is probably related to my food and drink intake over the last couple of weeks. Hope you are all well today x

I'm I don't know if drinking does cause it but it seems a bit of a coincidence that I've had bleeding gums for the first time following heavier drinking.

Hope your feeling better MrF x

Happy New Year Babes

Ok, so day 1. Deep breath and off we go! My Dh is with me this time, he has his sights set on a marathon so wants to cut out booze to improve his training. ( the marathon is in April, so there is a chance that we could keep going but it is a bit early for those promises!). This will make things so much easier for me so I am really pleased.

Well done to those who didn't drink last night. I am so glad to have the bus to lean on/come to, it really brightens my day. Hope you are all well xxx