The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Soaking Up The Warm Sunshine, Instead Of The Warm White Wine!

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Hi, I'm Mouse :)

Welcome to The Brave Babes Battle Bus.

A place for pouring out your heart without being judged, mostly because a lot of us have been exactly where you are right now, or somewhere similar.

We've been around for a while, so there's not much that we've not seen..... or heard.... or been through ourselves.

Some of the Babes are newer to the Bus, some of the Babes have been here on dear old "Gerald" (The name this Bus was given by one of the Babes, I forget who now!I suspect IsinDe or Silver) for a little while longer!

EVERYONE is welcome here. Drinkers, those who are complete non drinkers, and those who are somewhere in the middle of all of the above. :)

Some Babes are in control of their drinking, some not so much. It's dreadfully hard some days, days when there is nothing going around your head except thinking that you MUST have a drink and you sit there trying to work out when, what time you can have that first mouthful of ice cold poison.

Whatever your goal here, or why you're here, we'll all help you along the way, YOUR WAY.

There will be one of us on here that can relate to your life story as if it were a mirror they were looking at, someone to hold your hand if you want it, catch you if you fall, which you may or may not. Positive thinking, just One Day At A Time.

No one Babe is better than any other, we've all been addicts. We've all suffered, yes some more than others but it's not a competition (and no-one gets turned away) but if you rack up shed loads of sober days, you will be a winner on the thread!!

So, if you want somewhere safe to sit and enjoy the warming summer sun, come find a seat, have a chat or just sit and listen to the rest of us yakking on!!

Nice to meet you :) all.

Also, here is the latest thread -

THE LATEST THREAD WE'VE SHARED OUR STORIES AND EXPERIENCES ON

And this is the very first thread -

AND THIS THREAD, THIS THREAD IS EXTREMELY SPECIAL BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE JOURNEY STARTED, AND HAS SINCE EVOLVED OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS

Hope to chat soon, Mousey x

Full Moon today 7.30pm

Spanna, you KNOW that is what the bus is for, get it out there . I think it's a good reminder that what we are all trying to do IS difficult, and five, ten, fifty, one hundred and fifty days in, we all still need support.

I need to get Pup's training treats ready; today he's getting the mackerel DS and I caught a couple of weeks ago. DH is refusing to have anything to do with it, 'cause he's squeamish . I'm the fecking vegetarian!

Spanna thank fuck you didn't down two bottles, you would have felt like absolute, hideous, awful, sickly crap the next day. You would have felt like you'd poisoned yourself and for what? One lousy drunken evening.

Honestly, my lovely you would have regretted it big time. When you get used to not having hangovers they are 1000x harder to deal with.

I call a hangover like that 'The Fuckit Button's Revenge' and you really, really do not want to go there.

You would have hated yourself too and it may have been hard to drag yourself back to where you already are. You are in a great place. You are not missing out on anything. Well, if you miss sweaty, broken sleep, red veined blurry eyes, thumping headache and large doses of self loathing you might be but otherwise you are in a much better place

Grrrrr. Urine infection/cystitis thingy again!!! Why does this keep happening? Can't see doc until Monday. Groan.

Well said, Faire.

Could a pharmacist help, Ma, even if it's only help to make tonight and tomorrow less miserable? Isn't cranberry juice supposed to help? You're obviously getting recurrent infections because you're under enormous pressure, and your immune system is feeling besieged.

MA, a teaspoon of soda bicarb in a glass of water every couple of hours, it is the main ingredient of cystisis cures and much cheaper. Avoid acids and spices. Plain food, milk, water and yoghurt. Drink at least half a pint an hour in the day, and what you can tolerate at night. It will flush away the irritants. ????

Thanks all. Have got those wee sachet things and painkillers. Didn't know about bicarb bubble. Will get some tomorrow. Apparent!y they are more frequent during menopause.....another reason to actually take those bloody HRT tablets. And to stop drinking. Think am gearing up for dry September.....but will need help.

All the help you can stand, on the bus, Ma. I think dry Sept will also help, because the external pressure is lowered from other drinkers.

Who else is up for dry September? I am really going to struggle but seriously need to get a fucking grip! If I get anti biotics on Monday that might help me psychologically to think that I can't drink. Also I have to go to a reception at Parliament in London in September and could do with losing a few pounds first.

I'll be carrying on through Sept, though the start of the academic term will be tough, and Small is starting again on Tuesday. [Smile].

Hello there, Bubble, I was off the bus for a while, so I don't think we've met?

I'm up for dry September ma. I think you just have to really commit. Planning your outfit and feeling good in it would be a great motivation. I'd like to stick to my diet to. It's not so much a diet, more of a healthy living sort of thing and obviously alcohol isn't necessary for that.

Hey Faire, Sweet, Ma, yep, I am definitely up for dry September. As Sweet very perceptively said the other day, I can't wait for Tues, I need a hard stop on this behaviour. But obviously I am dreading it too.

A very amiable day, pottering around baking with DD, out for lunch in her favourite pub (hmm, not sure how I should feel about that, given her age) and then music practice etc this pm. She's lovely and I am so proud of her. This evening I had a brief encounter with X Factor (first time ever), felt really old and have reverted to back to back Archers episodes on catch up. Even that is getting unpleasantly eventful these days. Anyway, all that happiness is soundtracked by two bottles of wine, commenced around 11am - so, Faire, I will be staring down that sick-y barrel tomorrow. All my own fault, in an otherwise really lovely day. Roll on Tues.

Hello also, Bubble - sorry, I think I must have failed to greet you on arrival. I'm liking your very practical advice! I think I may need some of that..

OK, I will try for dry September too...

Yay, Joey - can we hold hands and share opal fruits?

Evening, tis me, Mouse

It's really nice to see small, Spanna and Joey posting again as I've missed everyone of you! And everyone else too!

I'm sorry that I've not been here to support anyone. My own life has taken a turn of the unexpected, and I'm really worried about what the future holds for me in terms of mobility.

Anywho, my drinking is way back in the past now compared to July when we were all sat in a rainy cottage paying stupid money for the pleasure when we could have been at home enjoying our own rain.

It took me a few weeks but I pulled my big girl pants right up, then down about as I gave myself a wedgy, but I took control of my ups and downs and the way I was, which was selfish and in denile.

I feel as if I've grown up rather a lot of late. My Little Bro is about to go to Oz for a whole year and I'm gutted.. I'll miss him. He's going with his bride to be and they'll be back in a year to get married. I love him so much.

And finally, we have one last week of the holidays next week.... it's been over bloomin 7+ weeks of them being of school. The thing is, we went away right at the start of the holidays, because of the weather, I know we're lucky to be able to go on holiday, but there are times when you just think "Oh FFS!"

And on that note, I better hit the hey.... I'm shattered and tomorrow is a whole knew day.

Goodnighr babes xxxx

Remember One Day At A Time!

Love Mousey xxx

Lost a massive post xxx talk soon xxx

Oh, clearly, I didn't!!!

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Night Babes xxx

Good Morning Babes

Happy Sunday to you all

Much better day yesterday, went to my local Italian icecream shop and had my usual chocolate (which is so coco-y it's lush) and their special of the month is Fig and Marsala (sp?) it was lovely (I know Marsala!!! but hey got my dolphins going) That makes me happy

Nuff thanks I needed that. What's helped me the most (other than the bus) is 'watching the film through until the end' that has been my mantra, as I know it will be very messy I have learnt so much about myself over the past few months.

Mouse good to see you babe

Fox my DD2 has a favourite pub - sounds wrong doesn't it? Glad you're having a nice time x

Sweet hope pup training went ok? I spent yesterday doing housework avoidance, so I have to do some today

The sun is shining (not sure how long for) anyhoo up and out with the dog I go, up and out with the dog (singing in my head) Madness is becoming more evident

Isinde how you doing babe? x

Morning all.

Morning Ma, hope you're feeling better

You alright today ma ?

mouse I should have listened to you about your holiday, because we had the same - but in a damp caravan! Torrential rain for 48 hours straight - and we couldn't even go anywhere because we had the dog and weren't allowed to leave him alone in the caravan. Grim.

Afternoon All.

Feeling a bit 'bleugh' today, a bit of a cold, but I've still managed a good walk and some of the housework I didn't get around to yesterday. Pup had his best class ever yesterday, Spanna - he has been showing a bit too much 'character' the last couple of weeks, but we've had a bit of a break through with his recall.

Joey sounds grim!

, catch up later.

Bit better. Docs tomorrow though while I have an appointment which are rare as hens teeth round here...

Hello. Can I join please? I've been lurking for about a year but am lying here in bed with tears rolling thinking how mean I am to my dear family through drinking. They are out swimming right now - DH took them as I came back from holiday with grim stomach bug. Feel I need to stop drinking but am way too scared. Feeling lazy depressed angry sad and only perk up at 6pm when I can have that first drink - if not before. My 44th birthday is coming up - have two DDs aged 9 and 5 who should not have to put up with their shouty crazy hungover mum. They due back any minute so might have to jump off this. Too embarrassed to admit this to them.

Oh, Pop, of course you can join, we've been there, done that, jumped on board, and then done it again . But, we all keep trying, and supporting each other. Come back when you've got a quite minute and chat some more.