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The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Driving Through A Sober Winter Wonderland.

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Mouseface · 07/12/2014 01:56

Hello, I'm Mouse Xmas Smile

Welcome to the Bus, he's called Gerald.... he takes us up and down and this wondrous land, searching high and low for Babes in need of some support, a warm place to sit and chat, and to have someone to listen to them.

So, grab a seat as we swing by your way. There's lots of hot drinks, food and fleeces, places to just be and places to sit around and chat if that's what you want.

We don't judge, because we've all be in your shoes, be they stilettos, wellies or crocs!...

We're just us, we're just honest and we just do what we can to help, if we can, when we can. Let's try and have a Merry Christmas without getting off our faces this year. Xmas Smile

Here is the very first, emotional thread if you would like to see where this all started

And the last thread if you want to keep up!

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venusandmars · 04/01/2015 15:53

isindie I've sent you a pm xx

aliasjoey · 04/01/2015 16:32

Don't really like Ser Jorah, he's too much of a goody-goody (so far anyway; I'd like to see a bit more rough - although not madman-murdering-small-babies-rough) Perhaps Joffrey is just misunderstood ?Grin Actually I have a soft spot for Tyrion, there's more man in him than in others twice the size...

looking good to see you

Camel, what camel? Did I imagine that?

SweetLathyrus · 04/01/2015 16:52

If you like Tyrion now, Joey, just wait! But you'll get no spoilers from me (unlike the colleague who accidentally gave away something about Newsroom Sad, or the one who let slip about season two of The Wire!)

Venus Grin at your friends!

Have mostly languished in my big chair today, repeating to myself that there is no such thing as a medicinal hot toddy for me.

DS has made melting moment biscuits, but I have been tutted at for having a second one before dinner tonight Confused. They have to be eaten fresh, Mary Berry says so!

TheJingleMumsRush · 04/01/2015 17:43

Well, still keeping on but very aware it's early days. It's my boys 2nd birthday tomorrow :)

SweetLathyrus · 04/01/2015 18:02

You will be so pleased if you can celebrate with him with a clear head, Jingle, and at least you know he won't be plying you with drink. Second birthdays are very lovely times Smile

SweetLathyrus · 04/01/2015 18:05

Right, off to take some ibuprofen and try to make myself look presentable. DH says I look like I've had a few already - yeah, so I know my nose is bright red, I also know DH is NOT funny!

dementedma · 04/01/2015 18:12

Grr, dd2 delayed by an additional hour which I spent freezing my ass off in the car outside the airport, rather than go into the terminal and have to pay a tenner for parking! Got home tired and cold to find dh hasn't put the tree in the attic - he'll do it tomorrow - and distracted chap has gone overseas again.
Dh has offered me a glass of wine.........

Readers, I refused. But only just!!!!

obrigada · 04/01/2015 18:23

Good woman for resisting ma xx

SweetLathyrus · 04/01/2015 18:25

Strength in the face of overwhelming tempation, Ma. You can do ANYTHING

Anneisnotmyname · 04/01/2015 18:29

Well done Ma!

TheKhalisirules · 04/01/2015 18:39

jingle I did let out a howl of pride when I got home and thought 'like a boss'! Grin
I am now shuffling around the house 'like a seal'. Shock
And good luck tomorrow! It is no wonder that children's b-day parties are 'mommies' watering holes'!

Oh I also have a soft spot for Tyrion! And it sound like well, everything else is 'big'. Wink

You go ma! So proud of you! It would be a shame with day four just about to give us a bow, right?!

TheJingleMumsRush · 04/01/2015 18:59

Well done ma, DH said to me last night, shall we get a couple of bottles of wine!! So wanted to say yes but put him in his place as he's meant to be dry for jan! Weak!! I've not told him I planning on going on longer, not ready for the questions

aliasjoey · 04/01/2015 19:49

Well done ma !

dementedma · 04/01/2015 20:34

Thanks all.
Apparently a bottle of red wine has 600 calories.
I have saved 2,400 in the last 4 days....

TheJingleMumsRush · 04/01/2015 21:01

600!! Wonder when I'll see some results Grin

dementedma · 04/01/2015 21:19

Soon jingle soon. I have lost 2lbs already with no booze and the walking so very pleased. Am in bed with day 4 done, as DDs and dd2s male bestie have hogged the front room to watch tv. The bestie is wearing a very fetching onesie which zips UP to open and therefore has a very distracting zip tag dangling between his legs! Always had high hopes that dd2 and the bestie would fall in love eventually but they just adore each other as friends which is fine. But now dd1 and the bestie are hitting it off......and have just planned to go interrailing together for two weeks in February. Dd2 has a bf, but also a face like thunder as dd1 and the bestie make plans. This is NOT going to end well!!!!

SweetLathyrus · 04/01/2015 22:08

Day 4 done and dusted. Night all.

TheKhalisirules · 04/01/2015 22:29

OMG! 600 calories?!
Day four busted. Night ladies.

marfisa · 04/01/2015 23:20

isinde, I'm so very sorry for your loss. Sending strength and love your way. Flowers

Big congrats to everyone who's off the booze at the moment. Believe me, it does get easier! Have just checked an online 'sobriety calculator' thing and I'm on day 84, apparently! This is amazing to me given that not so many months ago, I couldn't manage even 48 hours alcohol-free. The first days were hell and it felt to me like not drinking was a full-time job. I thought about alcohol literally every waking moment. It's a helluva lot easier now. There are big chunks of the day every day when drinking doesn't even cross my mind. I'm not lying, there are still moments when I really really crave a drink, especially when I see other people around me drinking, but I have to remind myself that even if I did have a glass of wine, ONE glass of wine isn't what I want. I want the whole bottle, and then another bottle. I want to keep going and going. And then there would be the inevitable aftermath: the hangover, the nausea, the headaches. So I decide that no, I won't have that one glass.

For me, getting alcohol out of the house has really helped. I did pour bottles of expensive stuff down the drain. I decided my sobriety was worth it. DH will sometimes bring wine into the house, but I've told him that what he doesn't drink that same day, he needs to pour out. Because I'm still not sure I could cope with half a bottle of chilled white sitting in the fridge. I'd rather not risk it. So he does actually literally pour wine into the sink when he's finished! We also have this slightly ridiculous situation where our neighbours (very good friends) are holding on to a couple of bottles of particularly nice stuff for us (or rather for DH) - this has come about because someone will drop round and give us a bottle as a gift, and DH wants to keep it for a special occasion, but he knows I'm too weak-willed to have it in the house, so he leaves it with the neighbours and then collects it from them again when the special occasion finally comes round. !!! Extreme measures, but hey, sometimes the line between deciding to drink and deciding not to drink is so fine that making the alcohol that little bit harder to get makes all the difference. Blush

hope, your DH sounds like a WB indeed. How can he not shoulder the financial responsibility along with you? Angry Hugs to you.

ma, bravo for the valiant efforts; it's great to hear you sounding so cheerful. Grin at the zip tag on the bestie's onesie!

Happy birthday to your 2-year-olds, jingle!

baby, that is grossly unfair about your nightmares getting worse the longer you are AF. Sad I fervently hope you get some relief.

khalisi, I know exactly what you mean about emotions and memories being intensified when you're sober. I felt so raw, especially at the beginning.

venus, your post with the list of complaints was hilarious!

Bosies to you, wry, I hope you're keeping an eye on Gerald even when you're being quiet.

Sorry not to namecheck everyone, especially newcomers. The bus is hopping right now and that's a good thing, but I drift away for a couple of days and next thing I know everyone is flashing their naked bums at the windows (???!!!).

I must go to bed because an afternoon with the DC at the local soft play centre has reduced me to a wreck. God those places are exhausting! I'm afraid I had candy floss at the soft play and then clotted cream fudge when I got home. Oops. And then I wonder why I have lost NO weight since going AF. My hair and skin and face do look loads better though.

SweetLathyrus · 05/01/2015 06:59

Morning All.

First day back to school for DS, so a bit more normality returns.

Parents took us out for dinner last night, I didn't mind sticking with the lime and soda; but was a bit Confused when the waiter offered complementary Baileys with our coffee (????). And I don't want to turn in to the drinking version of a reformed smoker, but I was quite amazed how irritating DH was after only a couple of drinks.

Marfisa, it's inspiring to hear about your 84 days - go you! I hope I will have the strength to keep going just to the end of Jan.

Lots of work to do, working from home today, trying not to get distracted by the pile of ironing. I had been drinking to try to escape work anxieties so really need to get my head down and try to put some stuff right. But I also know that even the thought of it is starting to make me think wrongly about having 'just the one'.

A good day to all. Day five here we come.

dementedma · 05/01/2015 08:09

Day 5. Didn't sleep well but hey ho, another day dawns.
Happy birthday to your dsjingle

SweetLathyrus · 05/01/2015 08:19

ma at what point does your sleep usually settle down? Day six? Seven?

SweetLathyrus · 05/01/2015 08:21

I'm sleeping quite fitfully, but do find I'm going back to sleep as opposed to lying awake from 3am. Hope I improves very soon.

obrigada · 05/01/2015 10:12

Morning babes, another shit nights sleep, didn't sleep till the early hours and then got it hard to get up for work this morning. Went to shop before work and when I came home I realised I had gone to shop with trousers on inside out Blush.

SweetLathyrus · 05/01/2015 10:20

Change that Blush to a Grin Obrigada - it's all you can do! Hope sleep gets better soon.

I will be here a lot today. I am suffering massive work anxiety - not good enough - not efficient enough - not clever enough - scared of how students will react blah, blah blah. These are the thoughts I use alcohol to quiet.

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