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

welcome onlyway
I have a mid january birthday too and its a biggie so going to be a tough one.
MrF you are doing brilliantly - hope you feel a bit more boingy soon.

All this talk of fitness is making me dig a hole in my front room either that or hide under my duvet I admire you all but I'm struggling with energy and enthusiasm for anything

Glad you made it Ma

Hello onlyway it's all very supportive on this here bus

MrF Day 9 is superb your 'get up and go' has just got up and gone for a bit, it will come back ten fold

It's only talk though spanna! Clearly I haven't done anything too energetic today .

Ma a big birthday? 21 again?

Right, I am now going to shift my bum and burn off at least a satsuma. Good luck for this evening babes xx

Just checking back in for a few mins, the wine witch morphed into a Baileys Banshee for a while this afternoon , walked into the kitchen minding my own business and she winked at me; I don't even like Baileys, cream defiling the alcohol urgh! I waved my peppermint fizz at her, and resisted.

Anyway, off for the final Christmas dinner of the season (thank goodness), and hoping DH doesn't open wine - too much of a test today.

Well done all.

I'm struggling and if I was dressed (I know ) I would be down that shop in a flash. WW is really getting to me. This Day 4 syndrome
I need distracting.

Spanna what have you got in to eat?
I'm making tuna steaks in oven with rice and veg and have a tin of sweets ready for after xx

got a jigsaw you could do...I'm finding that helpful at the moment. Have a hot bath, tweeze your chin hairs....anything. and its Day 5!!!
Come on, you can do this.
sweet like the Bailey's Banshee. Kick her in the tits!

BBs tits well and truly kicked for tonight ma

It's Day 4 for me Ma thank you for the smack - can you put the link up to the jigsaws please Ma. Tweezed all the bristles the day I discovered worty thing (to look less like WW )

Sweet well done babe good luck with the dinner.

I'm I cooked mince and rice earlier (it's nicer than it sounds) already eaten some of that the cravings are shite

I'm your dinner sounds yummy

spanna here is a link to ONLINE JIGSAW PUZZLES It keeps your hands occupied, passes the time, and is only slightly addictive (ask Faire )

Did I read that MrF is getting laid regularly on the back seat ? Don't you know it's not that kind of a bus!

Venus thank you so much x
MrF

Well venus gerold seems to be used for multiple uses these days....
if any ones getting laid on the back seat it's me

Ma, its going to be a toughie as regards to our birthdays, isn't it? I'm inclined to think its a treat and treat it as such, and not be too hard on myself if I go OTT, but it lies on a Friday, right on top of the weekend.

Normally I would be happy with that, but....

I've asked my dh to support me, and he says fine, but not to shout at him if he refuses me any alcohol

Well, it's getting to that time on a Sunday when I reach for a glass of wine (I start early to stop early due to driving early morning), so I'm playing on candy crush/nosey-ing on FB/on MN/ to take my mind off it. Yep, us women know how to multi task

Decided that the next time I go shopping, I'm buying some liver detox pills. Purge my guilt on the abuse I've given it over the years. Can anybody recommend any?

MrF has only been here 5 minutes and already getting laid on the back seat?

well, i never. what IS this bus coming to? I'm sure mouse wouldn't approve.....

is your birthday the 17th only? mine is the 14th AND there is a wee party at mums on the 11th so two dates to battle with.
spanna I am doing a REAL jigsaw puzzle, the old fashioned way. But if that furry-arsed four-legged lunatic of a feline sits on it once more I will nail him to the fence!!!

Right, dcs are fed - pork and coriander burgers with sweet potato chips. made double to freeze - ha ha, hollow laugh. These recipes are obviously written for imaginary children with appetites like gnats. Only a few crumbs left and that was double quantities!
Off for a bath to kill an hour of WW cravings.....

Completely addictive Venus OMG I now realise what Nuff and Ma get from online jigsaws - once I'd worked out how to do it, 20 mins 41 secs, pretty crap but great fun - this will keep my mind off things
I'm going to kick your arse WW you saggy titted, old bag

I'm sure you'll get through both dates ok, ma

Yes, its the 17th. And in the run up to the Friday, which I have booked off for said birthday with dh, I'm off on the Wed and Thurs too. Going to have to plan something for those 2 days.

Bit hard when everybody else will be working. Looking forward to the lie-ins though

Ma sorry assumed you were doing the 'online variety' yes those feline friends do like to get involved at the most inopportune moments, little buggers Your dinner sounded yum too!!

Laughing at the WW and BB, had both of those last night, no wonder I had a stonking hangover, which thankfully is residing

Tomorrow is my AF birthday. No excuses for DJBs!

Go Why Go Why for tomorrow
Why you are an inspiration to us all

Happy birthday why

Happy Birthday why. Hope you have a lovely day. Thank you for being on the bus. Xxx

Brilliant lovely why your made of strong stuff.

Anxiety's really bad today don't know why eaten everything in sight tonight currently working through the sweet tin, not enjoying myself tonight struggling so I'm going bed me thinks x

Hope you are all good tonight sending strength to anyone who needs to bash saggy titty bollocks xx

I'm struggling too x
How was your tuna? keep going with the sweets and then do the drill just done it and I'm tucked up in bed, teeth gleaming see? Try and get some sleep I'm x