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

Day 11

A long day for me again today with the old folk, love 'em!
Having a really difficult time with my teenager at the moment she is being such a bitch I find it so hard not to bite back and I did yesterday I really need to get a grip and remember who is the adult and who is the child. I keep slipping into the child role

Baby I hope DD2 is feeling better soon, bless her x

Ma an update pleeeeease I'm sure it's not just me sitting on the edge of my seat

Beaches have a lovely day Babe, Big hugs to you honey x

Wry hope you're course went well and you had a fab time in London, did you buy anything nice? Did you find yourself at the Mulberry Shop???

Hope darling I really feel for you. YOU ARE NOT OLD!!!! the job market does look for us mature ones, as we have 'done the kids' 'got the experience' but like you say we command the higher salaries, as we bloody well should! Hang in there babe, you can only sit pretty and see what happens. But I do know they can't pay you any less than you're on now as you have a concrete contract with your terms of employment set out in writing. What has your Union said about it all. It would be so nice if you get to April and get a fantastic pay off and you have some time to look for something that you really want. That's what I'm visualising for you. Don't let those bastards get you down

Sorry not to NC you all. Must get up and get going. Have a good day Babes xxx

A tired but happy ma checking in.
Was AF last night. Is that the update you are all waiting for?

Lovely Wry. I just wrote you a long post and the stupid fucking ipad froze and I lost It. I don't have the time to start again, but here is a extra special Crabby high five.

Hi everyone -

Is it friendly on this bus?

I am on day 1 (again) and really don't know what to do. I can't remember the last time I actually managed a day 2 and know things have to change but..........................

Hi Soupey1, it's very friendly on this bus . All you can do is take it one day at a time. Welcome to the bus.

soupey best bus in the world. Friendly is an understatement. Buckle up though it gets a bit mad here. I do try and keep everyone on the straight and narrow but no one listens. I am Sargent Soc. In charge of Deportment on the Bus.

soupey you might find that things get too friendly There are mad Scotswomen who will try to hug you, there will be people offering you opal fruits (but not the green ones), there are themes which have been running for years - which must seem incomprehensible to anyone when they first get aboard, and it can be a bit overwhelming for some..... But, BUT behind all of the apparent lunacy is a bunch of people who have been exactly where you are now - we are all here because we struggle with alcohol, we have all have that terrible realisation that we rarely have a day without a drink, and certainly not 2 days in a row .

It feels scary to admit it, it feels scary to face up to change, but between us all we've got a million days of experience of stopping drinking, or trying to stop drinking, or reducing our drinking. And we have slightly fewer than a million days of failing in our attempts. And yet we still get back up and try again.

All of that means that whatever you've done, whatever you do, however hard it seems, someone here will have been there too and we will support and encourage you to achieve what you want to.

Welcome aboard.

ma there seems to be a sort of glow about you.... is that what one night without alcohol does to you?

Thank you - well I am now cooking lunch and would normally pour myself a small (large) glass of wine and am trying to resist!!

Welcome soupey ignore sergeant soc. She drives the night bus and has ideas above her station!
I rarely make it to day 2. Hell, I rarely make day 1! But this is a good, if slightly crazy place. Watch out for wry she is very free with her hugs and kisses (bodies). I am the nicest person on the bus - just don't go near my green opal fruits.
Venus a glow you say? It must be the AF night. Can't think what else it might be.

welcomje soupey and well done for being brave and posting

ma just tell us! I'm on the edge of my seat here! Did you...? Did he...? Did it.......????

I'm just wondering what 'AF' could stand for......

alcohol free (obviously)
amiable fondness
amorous friend
admiring attention
adorable face
aphrodisiac food
anticipatory flicker
appreciatingly fondled
amazing f..... hmm, now why can't I think of any suitable words

Day 34. Horrible financial and medical disaster yesterday. Everything going wrong, but at the same time I'm so lucky compared to some and so I feel guilty for whining.

Alcohol... I'm begining to get it. When I feel rubbish (I'm fat, lazy, skiving off work, anxious, useless, all the hopeless stuff) then I think 'May as well drink since I'm so crap anyway'

And wine blocks out the feelings as well. Makes em go away (temporarily)

Nearly 5 weeks AF and I can't hide any longer. Have to face up to the fact that sober me is just a bit rubbish and I need to make some changes

Oops! I got one of them wrong....

oh yeah, add 'self-pitying whinger' to my list of faults someone tell me to shut up!

venus I like your list, fairly sure at least one of those featured in mas evening!

alias that sounds really tough - was it something you were anticipating and worrying about, or something that came out of the blue? Knowing that there are others worse off doesn't make our own sadness or disappointment or pain go away, and it's a particularly unhelpful comparison if it stops us from being kind to ourselves and gentle with our own feelings.

I think the sober you is nice - you are pensive and considered and honest, and that is more important than a frothy false drunken-ness (not saying you were ever like that).

So are there changes that you want to make, or even to dare to think about making?

Fitter, healthier, cook proper meals, exercise
Be a better parent
Be a better wife
Become more houseproud
Don't waste money
Work harder at job
Give dog longer walks
Make most of life
Be a better daughter (ha ha ha! aint never gonna happen)
Contact friends more regularly
Feel positive about aging falling-apart body

Hi - over blip in fact has made resolve stronger - scared how quick I become hooked again - Day 1 here

Liked the last two venus

AF = Absolutely fabulous! :-)
AF = Abroad Forever :-(
AF = Always Friends.

End of day 1 AGAIN !

Well done 70

Oh ma ! That sounds bittersweet

It is joey. It really is.
Right man, wrong time.

Thanks Ma x. - Your 'friend' sounds lovely x