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

Just snorted my tea at mas triangle and her chaps trombone

This Bus can be stone cold sober, and still be smutty as sin...

I don't think he has a distracted brother but wry can have dh if she wants?
We have done the tree today. It is hideously garish, overloaded and sparkly and I love it. Dd2 and her boyfriend and Ds are all sitting in the dark in the glow of the tree lights, wearing tinsel round their heads and watching Elf! I am in the kitchen as hormones dictate I can't survive in any temperature above zero at the moment and they have the fire and candles lit. I'm giving in and going for HRT.
My current hot flush has nothing to do with finding an email in my inbox.....
And no, that isn't a euphemism!!!!!

Hi,

Thanks for the welcome messages. I'm not 100% sure that here is for me, but just been having a few thoughts lately. I don't believe I have a problem with drink. Yet anyway. A few family members have had issues, and I guess I'm just becoming more aware of alcohol and what it can do. I like a drink, and I hope to continue to be able to enjoy alcohol. I just hope that by thinking about my habits now, I can prevent future problems, if that makes sense.

I hope it doesn't make sense, my thoughts on this are a bit garbled in my mind!

quesa you can pop in and out as you wish. If you want any tips on cutting down/avoiding triggers/planning for socialising, etc. just ask. Or just hang out. Whatever you want, you are most welcome.

I think it does help to change habits. Most of us have a particular time of day/evening (wine o'clock?) and doing something out of your normal routine can help to crack those habits.

Dipping in to fill up the thread not avoiding doing audit preparation, oh no

Pretty confident it's another night in the side car for me.

Have been doing Christmas decs for hours now and not even nearly done, think we may be a little obsessed in this house!

Quesa that makes perfect sense, better to nip something in the bud now before it causes problems years down the line. I don't think it hurts anyone to be a bit mindful of how and when they drink.

Get the pom-poms out wry I've done day 2 :) I'm very much taking it a day at a time. I've not set myself a particular goal, just trying to stay af as often as possible. This time last year I quickly slid into daily drinking.

Pom poms a go go for anne still avoiding audit prep

Well done Anne. I am daily drinking and not making the slightest effort to get a grip on it. Well, I do say first thing in the morning that I will not be drinking but it never lasts the evening. I think I have to face up to the fact that I am an alcoholic. I drink pretty much every day, unless I am working late.

ma I drank daily for years after I had dd1, even when I was working late I'd still have a glass of wine before bed. Then congratulate myself that I'd only had one glass For me not drinking is very much like dieting - I have to get in the zone - which is probably why I struggle to have more than a few af days. You have so much to contend with right now, I know in your shoes I would be drinking. I'm probably shouldn't say that but the amount of stress and pressure you're under I would be attempting to switch off with wine Obviously I'm not saying you should do, or it'll work, but it is my default setting...

I've been there too ma. Promising myself every morning that I wouldn't drink, then by 4pm heading off to the shop. I thought I would have to do that forever. I was so scared. It can really get you in it's grip can't it, like a tic burrowing under your skin, right into you.

But there is hope. It doesn't have to be like that. As Anne says, it's all about being in the zone and if you're not there atm it doesn't mean you never will be x

Thanks faire

quesa Come on in! It appears to be Innuendo Sunday on here today, gotta love this bus! Aboot spat oot ma butterie at ma and the huffin on her bugle. xx

faire bless yer wee heart for trying to find me a chap, it looks as if ma is trying to get rid of her one. Trouble is, she's not really sold him on here...

However, I am prepared to take one for the bus. Long enough to see ma happy with her bugle boy of company B (bus). My fee? Ah yes, my fee. One Big Tasty Large Meal with some o thae mozzarella sticks on the side. xx

ma? You have a lovely tree, lovely kids and a lovely inbox. Hang on to those, you are getting through your life the best you can. I will say this, you and popcorn are not sitting in the sidecar tonight. It's too ruddy cold. Come on in out of the draught for a bosie and a hot chocolate. xx

Anne! One day at a time is the best way to do this, I can't set targets, I always fall at the last hurdle. Every day's a bonus! xx

How goes it joey? How's that crocheting coming along? I've picked all my wrapping, trimmings and ribbons, next weekend is earmarked for the wrapping bonanza. xx

popcorn step away from the boring necessary evil audit. Stay here, with us! xx

For The Wee Mouse, sweet dreams, xx

Anne, faire completely agree with you both. Sometimes I am in the zone and when I'm there I am never drinking again, then something horrible happens and I'm back to 'so what, millions of people drink more than me' alternating with 'I'm so useless I can't even go one night without wine'.

wry I am the auditor, you might not want to let me on knowing that!

popcorn I repeat, stay away from the boring, necessary evil audit! I used to help the external auditor in my second job. Back in the day of endless paper receipts and calculators...it used to take us days. My boss used to laugh because he thought he'd given me the shitty end of the stick. I actually enjoyed it, mainly due to the auditor. He was a lovely gentleman.

I remember mountains and mountains of Kimball tags and receipts. A million paper cuts. A callous on the side of my hand from the calculator. I was flown down for an interview at head office, offered a job on the auditing team - with them to fund further training - which I stupidly turned down and instead headed for the nursey stuff.

Is everything computerised now? Or do you still have a mountain of papers to sift through? Strangely enough, I would probably find it therapeutic now, sorting and sifting.

Up you pop, popcorn, between the diesel for Gerald, fuckit fuel for the Tardis, the buckets of green opal fruits and the trips to far flung places I reckon we'd need a good auditor on the bus. xx

Oooh, only 9 more spaces left to fill up the thread then we can get on our shiny new one. Which I haven't been peeking at. No, no, not at all.

NEW THREAD

I peeked.

But didn't post.

I nicked some of Popcorn's chocolate but don't let on wry

Btw am really loving the fwink, fangry and fenvy words for the emoticons. Especially fwink. Rolls off the tongue.

I am laid in bed saying fwink fwink fwink to myself now, faire

It's like an Eva Fraser workout!

popcorn will have a receipt for that chocolate somewhere faire...

Chocolate? What chocolate?

fwink

Yay, we did it, we filled the fred.

Now, over to the new one everyone... see you there x

NEW THREAD