The Brave Babes Battle Bus - A New Year, A New YOU!

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New Year Resolutions Anyone?

Welcome one and all, I'm Mouse, nice to meet YOU. :)

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, it's all up to you.

You know your limits, you know what is required, it's in YOUR hands.

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

There will be talk of drinking quite often and those who fall off the Bus will post about it, so if that is going to jeopardise your chances of complete sobriety, then maybe the DRY threads would suit you better, as they are complete abstainers, but EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE :)

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 rather like here -

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

For those of you who'd like some history, here is the very first thread and the reason that we're all here now. FIRST THREAD

And here is the lastest thread, which you can scroll back through to see the other JOURNEYS SO FAR

The Bus may be 'mythical', but the support is real, it is honest and it 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

It is a good word.

And we should all overuse it so that it gets in next years dictionary.

Move over twerk, we now have d'argh

Evening everyone! Still feeling the love after all my lovely virtual hugs last night . I'm on Day 8 AF and thank god someone above has been kind to me as today was actually OK!

I had an early night last night, though it took me a while to get to sleep as I was crying my eyes out but I think this may have cleared my system out as today has been much better. A lot less agitated, although slightly melancholy (which is much easier for me to handle).

I saw a hypnotherapist today for an initial consultation for treating my self esteem and anxiety issues. She seemed really nice and I have booked myself in for my first session next week. I feel quite positive at the moment about it all. So perhaps that is why I feel so much better.

Think I'm going to have another early night tonight.

Off to bed now, lovelies.....

Sleep is no friend of mine right now. But I shall try.

Love to all xxx

Wishing you a peaceful night mouse xx
Day 3 done, phew...
Insomnia beckons me too, d'argh
Goodnight all xx

Day 3 done for me to Rural, baby steps, I still feel quite tired - guess that's withdrawal/recovering but much less anxious than usual which is a good thing.

I googled wankbadger :-)

d'argh babes. One hurdle done. Another big one next week, but I'm not drinking today.
Someone asked my what is triggering me at the moment and it's just going away lovely girlfriends, staying near the beach, long hot evenings and everyone drinking around me (friends are all 'normal' drinkers who stop after a few). But it's back to school at the end of January here which is not far away, and life will revert to normal. I'm still having loads of AF days, so all ok.
Hope everyone is doing well. My brain has fried - can't really think.

Soc xx

Morning All, d'argh! Have a good day.

Morning all :)
For those who are on track with DJ, at noon today it will be officially halfway through :) I can't quite believe it TBH!
Hope all struggling with sleep have got some rest last night. As someone who could sleep to Olympic standard I cannot begin to comprehend how awful insomnia must be to deal with :(

Morning babes half way there now :) I'm trying not to think of the number of days too much, I want to get to the point where not drinking is the norm. At the moment I'm finding Friday and Saturday night a challenge, the rest of the week less so.

Hi everyone! I'm just clocking on to Day 9 (wow - almost double figures!)!

Woke up a bit grumpy this morning (which seems to be the norm at the mo.... Because I'm not drowning my sorrows with wine and fags all my emotions are right on the surface which I'm finding really overwhelming.

I'm meeting a friend this morning and then have some college work to do this afternoon (I've been putting off this week as just have not had the head space for it but it needs to be done today so have to just get on with it).

It all feels very raw at the moment but I suppose that means that I'm going to "scab over" soon and heal x

Morning babes

Day 16. Dry January going pretty well, the diet less so. It's so hard, and I'm always in the red Would you believe a teeny tiny slice of Costas chocolate tiffin is 484 calories?! That's over a third of my daily allowance - and it wasn't even lunchtime...

I am part of the halfway club too.

joey I really sympathise, I have actually put on weight despite averaging 1400 . So it seems my is app is actually documenting my increasing waistline d'Argh! I am going to stick with it in the hope that I'll wake up one of these mornings and a stone will have upped and left Keep going, it nice to hear how you are doing, but definitely stay away from Costas

Spanna, Mouse and Rural I really hope you all got a better sleep last night. Earlier in the thread, I think it was sweet that suggested playing radio 4 quietly. I wonder if that is worth a try?

Dancer I had some hypnotherapy a few years ago and loved it. It is like having a brain massage and really relaxing. Hope you enjoy x

Well done to all babes fighting old titty bollocks have a great day. X

Morning all, feeling very tired today, dd2 fell last night and a cartoon size egg appeared on her head, I had to sit up with her til 1am to.check she was ok. I got such a fright and my nerves triggered a bad crohn's attack so I spent a long night in the toilet in a lot of pain and lost quite a bit of blood!!! Dd off nursery so a wee walk is as much as I can do today. Day 14 and wine seems less and less prevalent in my thoughts and I'm much more productive, only getting cross because the more I'm doing at home the less anyone else does and I don't want to burn out, Im an all or nothing kinda gal and I don't want my new found efficiency to be a novelty and it would be nice if everyone else in the house made a little more effort to even things up. Anyway day 14 and I'm still hanging on despite life's little ups and downs, my love to you fabulous babes this fine day xxx

Hello babyj have you phoned that counsellor yet?

beaches at least I am doing my exercise, have started taking the stairs instead of the lift...

To those asking about teas, I find the fruit teas are sometimes flavourless, but herbal teas do have a taste. I drink lemon & ginger, or sometimes fennel which is good for digestion.

Hi alias sounds like your getting really into your diet, I'm finding the fruit and veg aspect of slimming world is not compatable with my crohn's, have you had any difficulty with your condition? I am awaiting an appointment from the councillor so I will keep you posted, thank you for your concern, much appreciated my lovely xxxx

Too busy to even think about drinking today, I am sat at my desk with three computer screens of one kind or another, each showing a different aspect of my job I should be concentrating on, but can't because the other two are demanding my attention So I suppose I should stop posting and get on really!

Hello all you lovely Brave Babes

Baby really glad DD2 is ok, gulf ball on head, very attractive darling I'm sorry you had such a bad night, hopefully you can get an early night tonight? Day 14 is brilliant, keep up the good work honey

Beaches I slept well but woke up at 5am and couldn't get back to sleep, urgh! BUT I've had some good news, I put an offer on the flat (DD2 loved it too) and THEY'VE ACCEPTED - wooooo hooooo bit scared, but at least I know where we're going
When I sleep I have to have silence so Radio 4 won't work for me

Sweet sounds like you're at a control tower

Joey shocking amount of calories in such a small piece of cake Well done on Day 16 keep going Babe.

Dancer Day 9 is always my grumpiest day, it will get better I promise Keep going babe xxx

Day 15 here and the urge to drink is diminishing

An 'Ivory Tower' Spanna!

babyjane yes there's quite a lot I can't eat, mostly fruit, nuts etc. Anything hard. Ironically, anything liquid (eg. alcohol) is of course fine....

Sweet. Snow Queen?? oh no I know, Rupunzel Rupunzel let down your hair

Isinde 'Pull your finger out, just get it done and think about the relief of finishing it - JUST DO IT NOW'
(hope that was stern enough)

Isinde aiming a rocket at you bottom as I type

Well, there is definitely a wicked witch (two if you count Saggy Tits), and I do have long hair, but that's about as far as it goes!

Is you can have one of my motivation fairies, they're a bit hyper at the moment, so be careful, they get particularly busy once I know I've exhausted the BS reasons for not delivering on time. Or, you could JUST START!!!

Dd was telling me today that fairytales are all sexist.

If the women are old they are ugly crones.

If they are not old ugly crones, they are wicked because they envy younger women.

If they are young and beautiful, they are stupid and get lost in forests, can't spin without stabbing their own finger, and fall for evil ploys to do them harm.

They all have to be rescued by men.

And if they happen to have an independent thought instead of doing as they are told, they get eaten by bears!

D'argh!