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 don't think I can commit to dry January. It's too long. I have to take each day, mindfully, as it comes.

I offered to drive yesterday so stuck to one glass of wine with a large lunch. And over the course of 3 hours.

And I had one G&T in the evening.

I gave away most of the leftover drink for a NYE party I wasn't attending.

I feel I'm making small, good choices each day. But I need to keep focused!

Thanks for the ride

Do we have an official list of names? If not why not we need one

That sounds more sensible geordie
I have started Dry January, along with my new resolutions to drink 2 litres of water a day, ensure I have my 5 a day and to start running again (when the rain stops!)
All together it seems insurmountable so I have settled for a 500ml bottle of water a day to start with and a piece of fruit with my breakfast. This doesn't seem too bad in terms of big changes but along with not drinking, it's quite enough for me ATM :o

a list, a list......

well, there's me.

add you name on if you are dry januarying!

Me

Me

Me

So that's:
Ma
Im
Anne
Beaches
and
Obrigada

me

Can I be a Dry Jan groupie? Will buy own leotard and pom poms.

Will promise to support all Dry Janners with pom poms and terrify anyone who wavers at the witching hour by donning leotard. Not a nice thought!

Stay strong - the first few days are tough but if you can just get through them then it begins to ease up. Good quality sleep is worth staying strong for.

I was going to do some mega smug post,since I've been sober for 1 whole year. But really,I think I can sum it up without the smugness:

Good- I'm very calm,I've dealt with shit and don't have the vile guilty and anxious inner monologue anymore. My skin,hair and bank balance are improved. Best of all,I have spent every single penny I didn't spend on drink,on brand new clothes. My friends don't give a shit about my drinking status,they just don't want to hear me whinge either way.

Bad- I miss cracking open the cold white wine after a day at work.
I miss getting ready for a big night out with a glass in hand. I miss getting out of it when my child has driven me to the point of insanity.

I could go add a further 1 million good points though.As for missing the vino,I never wanted 1 tiny,sensible 1 unit of wine. That bottle NEVER lasted from monday through to sunday,so for me,it's better that I don't get started.

Massive respect and best wishes to dry Jan babes- don't think about anything beyond today. Even people who have been dry for 9 gazzillion years can't deal with 'never again' If you slip up,don't worry start again. And then again.

You can do it. I will work on my pom pom routine.

Guggs

a whole year is amazing. thank you for your wise words and your pom pom support

x

Ma
Im
Anne
Beaches
Obrigada
Spanna

any more, for any more?

Hi there spanna thank you!

You are better off with the pom poms than the words! I'm so pleased to see people trying Dry Jan and to see it taking off as a campaign. If we don't talk about alcohol or treat it as a dirty little secret then it's impossible to get help. I'd like Dry Jan to go the way that the anti smoking campaigns went,so that it's just normal to have small breaks from booze in the year.

Good luck babes what have you got in to drink tonight? Pomegranate juice is nice much less sweet than fizzy drinks. Probably contains anti wotsist's too. I had to go to bed really early at first,getting sober made me very tired??? So I just went to bed with a book and rested.

It's worth staying sober until sunday too. There is more Sherlock. So when I finish re watching LOTR (it's literature,ok?) I want to be fully awake to oggle follow the plot throughly.

lime and tonics tonight but had 3 already so getting fed up with it. Dear God, is it only half six???
will go and wrangle with my jigsaw (and no, that's not a euphemism)
mouse are you ok?
indie you doing dry january?
rural are you alright?

Yes Guggs the new Sherlock is very hmmmhmmmm shhhwing missed the one the other night but there's a lovely piccy of him in the paper today I'll watch it before Sunday so I can oggle too catch up

I'm in. Have just frozen the left over Christmas wine in batches for cooking.

Sherlock is revolting. Like the programme though!

I'm going to try Dry January too. I did think it was too long to manage, but have promised to do AF til at least Sunday, and take it One Day At a Time.

I also have to go on a diet! Am now the proud owner of TWO designer frocks the eBay one turned up this morning, and was so lovely that I went round to the boutique that first started me on this buying spree - well, blow me didn't they have a sale on?!

The chocolate has been put into a lidded box on a high shelf (same principle as keeping the wine in the car - still there in an 'emergency' but with an extra hurdle in the way). Cutting out alcohol will help with the calories too, won't it? The dog is also getting long, brisk walks.

Geordie, I'm not committing to dry Jan either, only to cutting down a LOT :) And I'm taking it one day at a time too.

This week has gone a bit teets up, I had some sad news on Monday, so had (only) a couple of glasses of wine. NYE and NYD evenings, I drank, but not to excess. NYE, we were both in bed by ten, as we were knackered

I'm not craving wine at all tonight, so I'm sitting with a cup of tea :)

I'm in as well :)
Currently in bed as off to work later so that's two days under my belt. I have to say I felt absolutely shocking this morning, a combination of tiredness and the last of the Christmas alcohol leaving my system I suspect. Its also embarrassing to note that I have not had more than a couple of days off the alcohol (a couple of drinks, not getting wrecked!) since DS was born- he will be 10 in a couple of months

Ma
Im
Anne
Beaches
Obrigada
Spanna
Grren
Alias
Bob

how are we doing on day 2? had a wee wibble earlier but think I am on the road to bed and safety soon so another day done. got the munchies though - leftover Christmas cake, 2 hobnobs and a pear!! I wont be seeing much weight loss at this rate although start the dreaded couch to 5K training tomorrow.
BTW did anyone else get the new Alfie Boe CD for Christmas? Some great songs on there but the one called The Dimming of the Day has me in meltdown. I will see if I can find a linky....

ooops, that should be "green" not grren.

I'm in. All lonely and destitute in the barren tumbleweed land of Oz.

I'm in!

Only 2 hours since my tea, and already craving chocolate... this dieting is HARD.

Damn you ma and your hobnobs!