The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Kicking The Wicked Wine Witch Where It Hurts! Mwahahahahahahaha!

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Hey, I'm Mouse, welcome to the Bus (aka Gerald!)

We're a mixed bunch of folk, some have been here for a while, and of course we have some new additions too. It matters not one jot how long you travel with us, as long as you get something from it.

No matter your story, your needs, your fears and hopes, you CAN come on here and talk. You can cry, scream, rant, let it all out and not be judged for anything. Ever.

We've all been so very low, some have hit the very bottom of the rock, rubbed the bruising better and picked ourselves back up again but sometimes, you need a helping hand or someone to listen too.....which is why we're here, sharing our experiences, or just reading each other's and nodding as we click along.....

The support here is unconditional. :)

There are two banners down each side of Gerald, our super duper Bus saying -

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

We have lots of food on board, but mainly Opal fruits!!! They tend to be anything other than green, as they get snapped up vair fast indeed!

If you would like to know a bit more about how we got to where we are today, you can read these threads.

THE PREVIOUS THREAD

THE START OF THE JOURNEY

Hope to see you soon :) x

hope

How are ye lovely? xx

I wish the tardis was real...seriously babes as if anything could happen in a meeting with other people there.its not as if he asked me to stay behind when the others left to discuss another work paper or anything...

Say what now?

Pokes out tongue at wry and runs away laughing.

Sounds like a good day ma

Ma was there any other tongue poking today? innocent face

Wry lovely, Little is gorgeous You are doing an amazing job, AF, stashing the WW pennies, keep going. I've been salt n pepper with some natural white streaks for 5 years now and I love it. It doesn't surprise people when they ask my age but heck I've saved a small fortune and it would look really weird if I died it back to brown now

I have done so many Day 1's over the passed 2 months, I'm back in that 'it's stressful and tiring this working day' I am going to reward myself with a bottle of wine There have been triggers which I'm coping with, mainly little person who was 3 and it would have been his 4th birthday 9 Oct, we lost him at the end of Jan. Sorry for being 'me me', Day 1 again here and Spanna's world today is OK I need to get a grip and stop drinking and try and get to the end of Day 3 without caving

Beaches Big SHOUT to you pumpkin, eeeee that moon was strong

Hope Little Lies was really good, couldn't put it down hugs to you lovely

I'm going to post this now before it gets lost. I'm typing in the dark x

Babes just re-read my post. Little person was my friends son.x
(sorry didn't mean to bring a somber mood to the bus)

Night Night All

Hey spanna
Sorry to hear about little person. That's tough.

Darling spanna, aww it's lovely to see you back on the bus, missed you loads... never apologise for grieving my love, or for how you deal with that grief. I've mentioned this before, but my heart breaks most for the people left behind. The bewilderment is hardest to see, truly, much more so than the tears.

Of course your working day is going to feel so much more stressful because of this. Keep going though, as best you can. I'll be there, willing you on to complete your day 3 and t'interbosieing you til you squeak that I'm covering you in dog hair and saddle soap.

Between saving the WW pennies and the hair dyeing shiteloads of pennies next year I may very well be a millionaire not really I'm mostly looking forward to feeling a little bit liberated somehow, with my grey hair. Embrace the real me. Let my hair catch up with my face kind of thing.

I'm not as virtuous as you think, spanna, it's been very tough this week. So tough, that instead of watching Made In Chelsea and Gotham with my fingers itching to break into the wine I've bought for Little's vet's Christmas thank you, I did two hours of online CPD. You can't cheat and watch telly as it's interactive, with only a few seconds to answer questions that they punt to you.

Please pop in to say hello, as often as you can, will be looking out for you, (((((((((((((((bosiesmuchly))))))))))))))) xx

babes
Just wanted to check in say hello and let you all know that today I'm six months sober. I'm a super hero.

Actually, it's really hard at the moment. I'm looking forward to the end of the party season/end of year lunches/Christmas dinners/happy summer long lunches. Everyone in the world is drinking except me. So it would appear.

Anyway, sorry I'm absent. It's sometimes easier to stay away than read about people who are drinking. But I will never entirely leave you.
xx

Congrats on 6 months sober SocFish, bloody well done. I am on day 4 and today I will not be drinking,

Did I kill the thread??

Quiet here tonight! Was on day 7 today but then one of my clients came into town and asked me to meet him for a coffee to discuss work as he was in between meetings and staying at a hotel in Manchester, and after a truly awful coffee he ordered a bottle of red and I had a glass . But I refused a second. We were actually talking about post-reorganisation, am hoping he may employ me directly but as with everything in the public sector nobody can make a decision without a 6 month long tendering process, so we'll see.

Obrigada welcome back again Am not drinking tonight either. I shall raise a glass of Belvoir Cordial and sparkling water to you

Joey, having a brew I see! How are things with you?

Spanna sorry about little person. Hearing things like that always makes me stop in my tracks and want to slap myself in the face for being whiny and not appreciating how lucky I am having my dcs. So sorry for your friends' loss.

I actually read a Lianne Moriarty book that I didn't like so much recently - The Last Anniversary. I didn't hate it but it seemed a bit silly and trite, and I didn't warm to any of the characters much, not even the heroine Sophie who was supposed to be appealing. Always find it odd when I like an author but one book strikes the wrong chord. I really like Lionel Shriver generally but The Post Birthday World was so horribly bad I couldn't finish it.

Ooh, just realised have to collect dd from Guides! Back later ...

Hi babes, I'm back, it's a long story but had a horrible relapse of my breakdown. Just trying to get my life back on track and as always hope this bus will have me back, it's been a lonely dark road xxxx

Lovely Baby, are you OK my friend? Of course we will have you back, what a silly question, we have missed you. Saw your post on my phone outside the Guide hut and rushed home to welcome you back. It may be a dark road, but there is no excuse to be lonely on the bus (tucks Baby up in a blanket with a hot chocolate and a quick hug). Tell us your story when you are ready. I have to help with homework now but will check in later x

Oh babyj big hugs to you. I know how much you struggle and really feel for you ??

looking yeah I'm trying to drink more tea. Part of my psyche is the image of things (eg. With alcohol I think of the idea of beautiful people at a bbq, swishy hair and bright witty repartee; me, in a summer frock "oh, Quentin, won't you have another canapé?" )

So am trying to do the same thing with tea. Cause there is an image of tea being the soothing remedy for stressful situations. Put the kettle on, let's have a cuppa etc. I'm not that fond of tea, but can manage 1 cup. It's all about the mental.

Hi baby - bug hugs and waves to you and welcome back xxxx
hi looking, span a, Joey, soc, Obrigada, Ma, wry and beaches
Hard day been a struggle - would have caved if not going for bloods - anyway I can safely say I am now 30 days sober :)

30 days, wow!

[??] sorry I'm just playing about with my new keyboard [??]

baby are you ok? Have a snooze on the back seat until you feel better.
AF tonight but only because I didn't get in from work until 9pm! It was a relief to know that I wouldn't be able to drink and that the mental debate was silenced for one evening at least.

Ma I still would have had one even when I got in at nine - so well done :)

Hugs to baby and spanna, sorry to hear times are tough for you both right now. Mouse and Indie thinking of you both too x

Obrigada great to see you back on the bus, well done on 4 days.

Joey I love the 'It's all about the mental' phrase - totally agree too

Soc so pleased that you are still going to be checking in with us. Have you looked at/posted on the Dry thread? That might be a good support for you too.

Hang in there, this season will soon pass and we will all be making NY resolutions again. You are already well into yours and, don't worry, you are not missing anything at all. Alcohol really isn't all that. It's just a big fat lie is what it is. Promises so much and delivers so little. It takes and takes and takes. And when you've had enough, it takes some more.

MIFLAW used to say it's like getting in a boxing ring when you know you're going to be beaten. Every single time. Why fight it? Why even try? You know you will lose. You know you will be beaten up physically, mentally and emotionally. Don't do it. Just don't get into the ring.

Waves to all

Hello, is there a spare seat on the bus for a new girl?