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

So many nice chocs off limits now millie

Glad I was able to bring something to the party, plenty of penguins to go round.

Made it through food prep, but finding not reaching for a glass difficult now I'm sitting down, so conditioned to it. Right off to get a fizzy water

Whiled away this evening following a webinar on how to use my new budgeting software. Learned about it on MN and I think I am going to love it. Called YNAB.
Am onto a mug of tea now so day 3 sorted.
Everyone ok?
mouse you still with us

Well done on day 3 ma, I was just popping in to see how Friday night was going. May have a look into that new budgeting software, too often I am wondering where all the money has gone, a bit of forward planning could be a very good idea.

guggs, you made me grin from ear to ear in your matching legwarmers - now have alternating images of you as either guggs Fonda or guggs Newton-John

joey great post.

Hope all other babes are safe and well xx

Hi checking in for a hand hold struggling tonight with him
Hello you all hope Fridays going good x

at guggs Fonda
beaches are you snowed in? Time zone wise you are the rearguard for day 3. Are you keeping the WW at bay?

I'm is he there? If not, lock the doors and all the police babe.

Hand here Im

Ma yes we are snowed in, a blizzard in full force out there . It's 5 and I am feeling ok so far. Thanks x

Just got in from work, day 3 done as no wine in the house and I didn't buy any on the way home (6 months ago I would have).

Hope your safe I'm

Well done Anne

babes you'll be pleased to know we made it through the night. Armed to the teeth with chocolate, opal fruits, vim and vigor, old saggy tits ran a mile.
As an extra bonus, we flattened that prick that's bothering I'm too. I hope you are safe. Really do. xx

Thanks sober soc I'm fine now,
Everyone seems to be doing really well I enjoy reading each post as they add up dont they to a bigger strength.

anne well done for not buying wine x

beaches snowed in bless ya honey, my dc are so waiting for snow Santa bought them sledges so far they have wore the carpet out pulling each other through the house.

Hi to ma mouse guggs why baby joey sweet waves at all new babes x

Morning all, thanks for the welcome. Woke up with a dreadful headache, but day one sans vin successfully negotiated -yeah! Have a good day everyone.

Well done babes

It's hard but you did it. Even if that's it, you did it and started to break down all those bad habits hobbits. Saggy tits can start fucking the fuck off any time she likes.

ma that software sounds good,I'll have a look too. Saving money is something I'm very,very bad at.

Well done ma and i'm,soc,beaches and annie,lathyrus and all babes sober or not.

Day 4-5 for some? Just keep going,putting one foot in front of the other. I found day 4 hard,over the many many times I tried to stop. I was pleased with my achievement but also wanting to reward myself. Guess what the reward always was????? yup!

Personally I am struggling with ds & behaviour and I'm afraid that aa is sort of doing my head in again. It totally works for me but in my town there are people who live their entire lives through aa. I have a life AND go to aa,which is quite different.Part of me is beginning to filter aa out but I know from all the things I have learned that that is exactly what people do before they lapse. Oh well,just rambling out loud really.

Go babes,go babes

Morning all and an amazing day 4 for some and a clean day 1 for others.
How old is ds guggs?. Mine is nearly 12 and the old puberty charms are beginning to surface.been through it with two dds, wonder how it will be with ds. Initial indications are not promising.....

Still here. Day 4. Morning babes have a great weekend. Wrap up and get some fresh air. It will make you feel better and help you sleep if you get some exercise.

Morning babes:) day 4 for me as well. Hoping some motivation to clean house kicks in soon .. Feeling lazy

Day 4 and a better night's sleep last night :)

Well done all- by day 4 you should begin to feel goooood...
Think about buying a treat or saving up for a really big treat. How much money have you already saved?

Sorry for the whinging. I know what I want to do and that is to keep going to the one meeting that I like. I'm going to get out and do something i really enjoy instead of going to the other meetings. That seems like a good compromise to me.

ma ds is 4. His main interests in life are : shouting,climbing,jumping,shouting,running,crashing,bashing,shouting.Andhe never stops.I will also stop whinging about him because I do love him and he will probably grow out of it one day.
How are you doing ma? Getting out for any runs?

Day 4

Im I wish I could send some snow to you for your dc to play in, we have more than enough here. Today is the calm after the storm, which means shovelling our drive back into place - grateful not to be facing it with a hangover!

guggs the one meeting sounds like a good compromise, if you feel your resolve weakening, you can always return to the other one?

Ma my oldest ds is 11 so I no nothing yet of any puberty charms. Sure I will get a rude awakening before too long

Well done sweet and all other babes, have a good day xx

planned to start running on Friday but took one look at the weather and went back to bed. it is now raining AGAIN!! so so sick of this cold, wet and windy weather - we have flood alerts now for the area where i work and if I cant get to work on Monday I will kill someone!
This afternoon I have a massage with the lovely Derek, he of the hands kissed by angels. Can't wait......

Hopefully it will help me sleep tonight. The early AF days are murder for trying to get to sleep. should get better soon.

The weather is definitely not helping, dementedma, too wet to do anything outside! but then again if I was in the garden I would usually be 'rewarding' myself about now. Back to the fizzy water (with a couple of drops of peppermint oil to relieve the boredom).

I'm going to put the money I save towards a big holiday in the summer, guggs (hope it's ok for a newby to be so familiar); what is scary is just how much of that holiday my non-consumption of wine might add up to . . . Approx £12 already after a day and a half GULP.

Hi babes. Am back after stay with friends. Was lovely but they like rich food and drinks, felt rotten last night. Day 1 for me today and already wavering - overslept, missed exercise class and have piles of housework and ironing before dreaded work on Monday, the very thought of which makes me feel panicked. Already feel like a drink and it is only 2.00pm. And the house after Christmas looks like a team of hoarders have moved in. Oh wait, they are my family and they've always been here. Aaaagh...

Day 3 for me I so nearly went to the pub earlier I didn't but it was a close call (this was having avoided the alcohol isle in Lidl)

Anyway, home again food stocked up, jacket spuds in the oven.

I've had a mole thing under one of my bags under my eye and overnight it's turned into a wort OMG the WW has brushed against me in the night whilst I was dreaming of booze either that or I'm turning into a witch

My friend in hospital is improving slowly which is so good

Beaches I hope you've managed to clear the drive and are all in cozy next to the woodburner

Hope hang onto to Day 1, think how good you'll feel not waking up with a hangy why not take it easy today, drink hot choc, cook yummy food and deal with what you've got to do tomorrow. I'm always best last minute, clear headed and just do it

Sweet love your holiday idea that is some serious motivation

Ma I hope you feel truly relaxed and ready for a good nights sleep after Derek

I'm sledges ! Glad you're ok lovely x

Guggs thank you for your wise words. It will get better with DS

Green fresh air is a good idea walked the dog earlier and feel much better

Anne glad you slept better. I'm looking forward to that

Well done all Brave Babes on Day 4 or whichever day it is - WE CAN DO THIS - Soc did you manage to flatten Saggy Tits last night?

Ma who drives Gerald during the day?

Well done for stating strong Spanna, and pretty awesome name checking skills too (I've often forgotten who someone is by the time I've got to the end of the post!).

The holiday will be a happy by product . . . The real motivation is not fucking up my career and getting back to being me, instead of bits of me and drunken inertia.