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

Hey babes, quick hello

Union teleconference today - no help. Am a big believer in Unions but ours is crap

Day 3 over with!

soupey how are you? did you resist the wine at lunchtime? Have this rowdy lot scared you off? Hope not, let us know how you are doing. They are lovely really, apart from when you steal their green opal fruits...

Ma - how romantic, it's like a black and white film from the 50's. Maybe one day... (((bosies)))

Joey - hope you are feeling better this evening. I like sober you too. It is hard getting past the flat feelings but you are doing so well. You can moan to us anytime. And I liked your list, but I think if you read women's magazines at New Year, it is also lots of people's lists, all the time. A lot of those things are certainly on mine. But we beat ourselves up at not achieving everything all at once - or I do. It's funny but I think the reason I drink and my life is a mess is that I'm a secret perfectionist and can't cope with not having the storybook life! Sound familiar? (or that is what I tell myself anyway. It doesn't really extend to housework though )

70 well done on Day 1 again. I actually find Day 1 the very hardest of all, don't underestimate the willpower it takes.

Venus, Soc, Spanna, Crabby, Wry, Obrigada - hugs to all, and to all lurkers and MIA babes

Off to bed with a book now

Night all xxx

Morning - glad to be back - sober is better x :)

Hi everyone. Following on from my posts yesterday I actually got to the end of day 1 and didn't drink!!! I'm not quite sure when the last time was tbh. I know today could be a problem as we have a special family dinner tonight and I am not ready to tell my family where I am so I am going to plan dinners for Saturday and Sunday which aren't things that naturally go with wine and then try for 2 dry days after today. If I actually manage 2 consecutive days it will be a miracle since I know I haven't done that for many, many years.

soupey I may or may not be the mad Scottish Woman. Please to make your acquaintance quine

Back later me dears, I've been babysitting my brother's kids. Children need so much more hours in the day, I'm exhausted. I hand them back tonight. Love them but it's not before time

Little has a very pained expression on her little hairy face. 'But when will the noise stop, tis ruining my beauty sleep...'

Morning babes, day 10 here . Haven't got here in a while so really pleased to see double figures.

Soupey brilliant!! The first day can be the hardest of all. So pleased that you made it and sending some strength for today

Spanna I saw a beautiful sunrise today - all red and firey - and immediately thought of you! Hope dd2 is feeling calmer and giving you less of a trial. It is impossible to always be the calm adult, sometimes flying off the handle can remind them you are human too. Lots of love to you pumpkin and good luck with saggy tits and her Friday tactics xx

Ma am sucked into your star crossed romance!

hope day 4! Well done you.

Wry you are a top Aunty! Looking after children is exhausting,especially when they aren't your own. Hope you and Little enjoy a quiet and relaxing evening tonight xx

waves to joey, 70, Obrigada, soc, crabby, venus, baby, anne, faire and all you other brave and beautiful babes

Mouse think today is your walk - hope it goes well. No doubt you will be holding your mum in your heart and she will be watching over you, as you do your family.

Hi to all - back to re-lurking - and each ODAAT is a great day.

looking that's a good point about the New Years Resolutions- the fact that they appear every year means no one achieves them!

Exactly Joey . Though I have done day 1 of the 30 day shred for the millionth time today. Never got past a 4 day shred yet!

Soupey well done

Still at work so back later x

beaches bloody well done. Thats awesome.
soupey well done on day 1
Bosies and hugs to all the Babes. Wry smile at all your support for the "star crossed lovers". Read any one of the relationship threads to see the reality and sleaziness of it all. But he made me smile and he made me feel like someone, just for a little while.
Have been invited to attend an amazing event - can't go into details for fear of outing myself- but think black tie, am-azi-ing venue and tickets like gold dust....and its the day of dh's heart op! I could weep.But I will do the dutiful wife thing and turn down the invitation. Because there is always a price to be paid and one cannot have the sweet without the accompanying bitter, n'est-ce pas?
And on that note, where is that French tart ladame? Haven't seen her in ages!

Hey all, not caught up with thread but just popping in. Ma I expect she's having a rummage.

What about Isinde, where is that rabbit squashing babe?

Hey faire.
Come out isinde wherever you are.

ma let's lure her in with some poetry...

On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,

C'mon Isinde, you know you want to...

x

Here's one for Ladame

There was a young lady in France
Who hopped on a Bus in a Trance
...

Does anyone know this one?

Late fragment

And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on this earth.

Love that, ma

Day 3 starting to feel more human x

Ok so as I suspected I did relapse for the family dinner so back to Day 1!!!!

No worries soupey
One day at a time.

Soupey day 1's can sometimes be the hardest, I'm having alot of day 1's lately but I suppose it is better than not trying at all.

So I've had two af days this week, drank half a bottle of wine the other nights and I've really felt it the next day. I think I need to get my head round the fact that I can't really drink wine. I always want more than one glass, even if I don't like the taste (what's that about) and I'm usually hungover after two glasses....on the one hand it doesn't seem like a massive amount, on the other it obviously disagrees with me.

Years ago when I rarely drank I could drink a whole bottle and go to the gym the next day. I don't like to think that it's an age thing but it probably is. Slightly different thing but I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, she's been overweight for years, acknowledged it was a problem but that she just like to eat too much. For twenty years she got away with it but now in her early fourties it's become a problem

Inde, this is one of my favourites...come oot come oot furivir ye are...

HE BIDS HIS BELOVED BE AT PEACE

I hear the Shadowy Horses, their long manes a-shake,

Their hoofs heavy with tumult, their eyes glimmering white;

The North unfolds above them clinging, creeping night,

The East her hidden joy before the morning break,

The West weeps in pale dew and sighs passing away,

The South is pouring down roses of crimson fire:

O vanity of Sleep, Hope, Dream, endless Desire,

The Horses of Disaster plunge in the heavy clay:

Beloved, let your eyes half close, and your heart beat

Over my heart, and your hair fall over my breast,

Drowning love's lonely hour in deep twilight of rest,

And hiding their tossing manes and their tumultuous feet..

Hello everyone, it's pretty wet here, plenty time for sitting on MN thankfully.

Oooh wry that's lovely. Hadn't seen that one before. I can't copy and paste on this bloody device but someone clever could put up one of my favourites which is Strawberries, by Edwin Morgan....makes me feel all unnecessary happy!

That's lovely wry!

Having a lazy day today. Was a bit weird yesterday- I was at work and suddenly felt dizzy and faint. And I couldn't hear what people were saying properly! My boss insisted I go home, but it was a bit embarrassing. They said I hadn't recovered from being ill earlier in the week. (But I hadn't really been ill, and certainly was fine by yesterday!)

Ridiculous me, I'm happy to skive when not actually poorly, but then try to brush it off when am genuinely ill! That's pretty typical, I will struggle in to work half-dead with something nasty, but call in sick at the mere hint of a sore throat

I did sleep for the rest of the day though - I think my body is feeling autumnal.

There were never strawberries
like the ones we had
that sultry afternoon
sitting on the step
of the open french window
facing each other
your knees held in mine
the blue plates in our laps
the strawberries glistening
in the hot sunlight
we dipped them in sugar
looking at each other
not hurrying the feast
for one to come
the empty plates
laid on the stone together
with the two forks crossed
and I bent towards you
sweet in that air
in my arms
abandoned like a child
from your eager mouth
the taste of strawberries
in my memory
lean back again
let me love you

let the sun beat
on our forgetfulness
one hour of all
the heat intense
and summer lightning
on the Kilpatrick hills

let the storm wash the plates

hope you've inspired me, I've just done day 1 of the shred. I did it a couple if years ago but my wine drinking undermined the results somewhat!