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

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Hello, I'm Mouse

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.

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!

Hello babes!

Been a while but had a good time catching up. Thank you for all the posts!

baby OMG on the pain. I am even prouder of your great spirit, knowing the strength you have!

ma congrats on the invite! and on the weight loss. Totally. I'm running like a bloody rabbit and gained one kg! I don't have a scale (too addictive) but weighed myself at a friends and felt like crying.

Blossom Welcome on the bus!

Mouse 40 is absolutely fantabulous! (I didn't think so when I turned 40!) But I've learned something the last couple of years. I will never be as young as I am today. This year. So now I'm really much more relaxed about the age thing and, somehow 40+ just brings out the bad-ass, you know?!

hare Welcome and wow! Just absolutely wow! Sober for over a year! Hut ab, babes!

alias it is not the moments of your face in the gutter that matters. It is being on the knees, because that means you're one movement away from standing. And that means you're just two away from walking again.
Re-set, babes.

ruby Feel for you about your fence.

I felt so proud of myself for tackling a task I'd been postponing for months. Doing it I thought, look at you know. You don't feel anxiety that you threw ex out and that you now have to renovate the house on your own. Totally proud moment. Well, walked out of the room and noticed that the newly renovated chimney not only has fucking cracks but also water puddles around it!!! OCH! So. Fuck all pride left. Not even having withstood my first Friday night (after work) without a drink.
Fuck all. Just fury.
And its too stormy to run (don't want to be killed by a bloody tree, on top of it all!)
Arghhhhh!!!

Rant over. Going to do a workout dvd and that should fix at least the body, at least, right.

A yellow smily face button....or is that too closely linked to drugs ??

Failing that, a rainbow one. The calm after the storm

khalisi thanks for your lovely comment, your a sweetheart.

Sounds like you are doing bloody brilliantly since dumping your WB, you should be mighty proud and an excercise DVD on a sat is mighty impressive.

Nice to see you posting again, love your posts. Xx

Today in Scottyland we've had sunshine, rain, wind, sleet , hailstones and snow, wit a day.

Not feeling great, a bit uneasy, always find Sat nights are tough, dh is on call for a week so can't drink, it makes him irritable (he denies this) . I truly don't mind it when he's drinking but when he can't get out for a few pints it's a long night for all of us. Will have something nice for dinner and yet another bath. It's ironic we spend the first half of our lives resisting going to bed and the second half counting the hours til we can!!!!

I'm so so glad to be sober but I need to find ways to fill up time, nice ways not housework and chores but getting out and about but the nights are dark and cold and it's hard to get motivated, then I get restless and bored and you know what comes next!!! So anyway I'm reading Paul McKenna 3 ways to change your life, just started it so watch this space!!

Anyway I'm waffling on here, the sun is back out so time for a walk me thinks.

You are all fabulous and don't you forget it.

Mwah xxx

baby Totally envious about your walk! Now that I'm getting used to running, I'm very impatient when I can't.
It is now raining as well as windy. Maybe tomorrow.

Dvd Yoga was great. Slightly shocked at the stiff limbs. I used to be quite flexible. (note to self, wine makes you lose more than self control).

On the upside - day 10!

Whaddup, babes? Its total drinking weather over here so I'm clinging to my pc now, waiting for every word from you lovely lot!

Rainbow Button

Like this Jingle?

This!!

'Good to see you again Khalisi. What AF alternatives do you have? You can white-knuckle this one; one minute at a time until the craving passes.

Seem to have totally lost my ability to put things in bold

Hi babes, day 10, slightly surprised we're already into the second week of January. Had fleeting cravings for wine last night whilst I was at work. Just that feeling of it's friday, it's the end of the week, I 'deserve' it...they passed once I was home. Like Baby I'm struggling to fill the time on an evening, typically I'm going to bed with a book at 9sih but I think I need to find alternatives as well - not housework though!

Waves to all. Been for a very cold and windy 5k walk. Am ignoring my friends scales which tell me I haven't lost anything at all, when I can visibly see that I have. She says her weight is wrong on them too so I'm clinging on to that!
khalisi good to see you again. An inspiration for would be wank badger dumpers everywhere.

That's out button!!

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ma gon yersrel xxxx

Must admit a glass of wine would go down nicely tonight while the weather is so vile outside and I want to just cosy in with a book. The end of January seems a very long way away....

ma, I hear you on that one. Caught myself thinking '21 days'
Well done on the 5k walk!
Am finishing the xmas cookies and I'm wondering why I haven't lost a gram, yet.

Evening babes. Three quarters of the way through Day 10. Another couple of hours and that will be 10 days under my belt (which is getting tighter by the day:))

Evening Obrigada, day ten is a big milestone, Ma hope you've slapped that WW round the chops - hot chocolate is the answer, just a little one! And Khalisi, at least those cookies are gone now .

DS not only made some very nice biscuits on his own, he cleared up after himself . Feeling a bit restless, but not really craving wine, though I know ten days ago that is what I would have reached for.

My first real test.
Neighbours just called and asked that come have dinner with them. Now these folks love their drink.
I'm taking milk and hot chocolate, sweet, hope I stay strong.
See ya tomorrow, babes!

On the lime and tonic. Am bored with this. Trying to keep busy and have sorted out my underwear drawer and thrown out all the grey,saggy horrible stuff.That leaves a staggering 36 pairs of knickers!!! . And that's not counting the ones in transit in the laundry and the ones I'm wearing!
Well, it passed half an hour.....

That's a lot of knickers ma. I have no idea how many I have but good idea to have a sort out. Stick with the lime and tonic. Only a few more hours and you will be soooo chuffed with yourself tomorrow x

Very impressed, Ma, and if your weight loss keeps up, you'll need a whole new 'under-wardrobe'!

Have a lovely evening Khalisi, stay strong.

Not quite sure what to do with myself this evening, think I might decamp to the other end of the living room and get on with reading A Dance with Dragons.

I cant believe I have so many pairs....I challenge you all to have a knicker count.
I had asked dh to buy me colouring books and pens for my birthday in the hope it will while away the long evenings. I was a bit scared googling "adult colouring books" but they are ones with intricate designs, not pictures of willies!

There was an item about them on the radio before Christmas Ma, they are fantastic - and very safe to search for on Amazon, your D H won't end up with a dubious browsing history

God, its not even 8pm yet.....long evening and too early to go to bed. Tablet going to run out of battery too......anyone else bored and struggling tonight?

Try Harry Hill's stars in their eyes, DH has it on and it's so bad I can't take my eyes off it!