The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Springing Into Some Warmer Weather, Staying Sober Togeher

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Hi, tis me, Mouse

Welcome to the Bus. We're delighted to have you here :) Not because if you're new to the Babes you are here for help, but because we welcome every kind of drinker. And for all of the reasons life throws at you.

Those that do drink, those that don't drink and of course those who do but don't want to say just how much..............

We've all had our own personal Groundhog Day , some still are and don't want to remain trapped in the same cycle day in, day out, and some still are and want to be which is fine and why we're here.

To talk, to listen, to just be us, like you are YOU. You never know, one day you might just want to wake up on a different day? :) There's no judging here, no 'sides.

After all, something made you click on and read this :)

Come say hi! We even do & if you're super quick!!

And if you want to see what we got up to in the last thread, have a look RIGHT HERE

And this is where our adventure began, almost six years ago now!!

ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO...........

ma

Aww at The General and his teabag. Perhaps he thought it was nip. Bless.

Sending him some cat grass in lieu of nip, xx

Although he is a General, so best head for something a little more high end...

Something barnacle

Thanks wry. I wondered if it smelled like cat nip too. He did a lot of rolling about on it and licking it. Trust me to get a doolalley cat.

And anyway..... Pussy lawn????
I'm going to step away from this conversation right now!

will and wry I want to know what the 'something' stands for!

pussy lawn....wonder what kind of up keep that's needs

Me too elda although I'm filling in the blanks myself with all sorts and having a good chuckle

Yep filling in the blanks here too will ...was going to post asking for some light distraction but you lot have got there first

elda ? meant elba... Not righting you off just yet

will I think the semi aquatic dam building mammal barnacle is my personal favourite.

bloody I had a wee tear when you wrote about your tiny team. At the end of my shift tonight I saw a tiny team in action, the power of that love blew me away.

Well done for fighting through today, love that you did it with a peppermint teabag, x

Haha hadn't noticed will but yes please don't write me off yet You are doing amazingly by the way, I was looking back and re-read your original post and am in awe of how far you've come xx

Tomorrow I'm not going to drink....have to stick to it this time. I'm so scared, most of you seem to be able to gain some control but I'm just continuously failing. So tomorrow night im not giving myself an option...I will not drink. I won't be home until late, but will catch up with you all then xxx

Night night Elba, sleep well, see you tomorrow. I have had my fair share of days sat in the sidecar, I've even hung on to Gerald's bumper by my bitten fingernails at some points. Don't be scared, see how you go tomorrow and remember that there is a whole busload of support waiting for you when you get home from work, xx

Morning.

Wry, thankyou for your kindness. And everyone else.

If I sounded a bit sanctimonious with my peppermint tea last night - I didn't mean to.

I'd just had a weekend of feeling disgusted with myself and my drinking, and months of saying "right, this week, I won't drink" and failing - by Monday. Every. Single. Week. So I was pleased.

Elba - TODAY I WON'T BE DRINKING EITHER.

I'll be on here for a couple of hours later on this evening, POST if you want support.

It's a hard thing we're doing but it's a good thing. It's the right thing.

Not to go on, but I've been reading the old threads - and this gem from MIFLAW has stuck with me. He's answering someone who's saying "I can't do this" (ie not drink today):

"....when people say, "I can't do this," it is usually because they have not thoroughly considered the alternative - getting drunk every single day until you die and waking up the following morning feeling like shit."

It really resonated with me. Maybe it'll help some others today too.

Anyway, good luck all - I slept terribly, bad dreams, but at least I've not got a banging headache! Roll
on Day 2 AF!

X

I been doing shots and am really drunk.

Morning all. How is everyone? Hope you had a good night's sleep.

Elba - I hope that post didn't sound too harsh. I'm sorry if it did. Quoting MIFLAW's no nonsense, tough-talk at this point may not be what you need - I know you're having a difficult time at the moment. It's something that has stuck with me though - and thought it might have been helpful to others to mention it again.

Less harshly, we're all right behind you. It's a hard week, but post when you get home.

Other (more practical) advice I have read on here, includes - buy a packet of sweets on your way home - and eat them. Wine tastes pretty shit after haribo, eh?

Also, I know you need some wind-down time when you're home. Can you pick up a good book today - make hot chocolate and go straight to bed with it? Or bath? Put on PJ's so you're not tempted to get up and go out again?

I guess the key thing, is NOT TO BRING WINE HOME with you. You CAN DO THAT.

Am sending you good vibes - and flowers, if I could work out how to do the bloody image!

X

Morning all. special are you OK?
love beaver barnacle as the feminine equivalent of cocklodger. It will go into my lexicon of MN phrases along with wankbadger.
I have a day off today. Was planning to take Ds out somewhere but as he has only suggested cinema and Game, neither of which I can afford, I might as well have not bothered. Need to sort out car and insurance and other such fabby things.
Have a good day all

Thank you elba, I really struggle, don't think I don't. DH has beer in the house and my god it's tempting! He put it in the plate cupboard instead of the fridge so I wouldn't be tempted to drink it.....I told him if I wanted to drink it that putting it there wouldn't stop me.

bloody your post didn't sound sanctimonious, you should be proud of your peppermint tea ! well don't for your AF day and here's to another one!

All good here paffle except I've woken with a sore neck

special I'm thinking of you and we are all here for you when you're ready....coffe in hand

ma I know what you mean about not having money to do stuff...bloody holidays are soooo expensive, I'm dreding the summer holiday! I only take ds to the cinema on the £2.50 deals lol

bloody I found reading old posts really inspirational too....MIFLAW spoke a lot of sense didn't he?!

Also a bad night sleep here but at least I actually feel like I've had some rest this morning!! When I drink I basically don't feel like I've had any sleep.

I'll be here tonight too so post post post. It helps. I saw on an old post how it can distract you through a craving.

And bloody your post about your son was beautiful. So well put.

And ma do you think perhaps your new cat likes the smell of the peppermint? That's the only thing I can think of!! It's a cute image either way.

Yeah will. I made the mistake of reading the thread on how much people are spending on holidays. How depressing. No holiday abroad here-again! I shouldn't be envious as I know there are many people worse off than me....but I am.

Morning all😀😀
My DTS are 21 today and I look at them with their whole life ahead of them and I am so hoping that they make better choices than me at that age.
I offered DT 2 some moisturiser I no longer use and she refused it because she thought it was an anti ageing on for wrinkles.......cheeky sod 😀😀

I am feeling empowered this morning. Did breakfast (and made a healthy choice). Put supper in slow cooker for tonight. Got school bags ready for new term. Dropped kids off. Sorry, I know if you're feeling low you probably don't want to hear this. That said, it's days like today that I am grateful that I managed to kick the booze before having kids (touch wood). I barely hold things together sober and with a lot of help. God knows how I'd do it with a perpetual hangover. DH and have a better (not amazing but better) relationship as I learn to deal with my emotions instead of drowning them. After 7 years sober, I think I've progressed through small child and into sulky teenager with my emotions. Maybe one day I'll be able to deal with them like an adult. .

Hello everyone, old and new, Wry, lovely to see you back, have I missed puppy pics? Ma that is one very at home Puss, he's lovely. That holiday thread did my head in; we're not strapped or anything, but I just couldn't justify that kind of money on a holiday - even our last holiday two years ago, which we treated as a real once in a life time, didn't add up to that kind of money.

I have been on And off the booze over the last month, and feeling pathetic about it. And this morning I have been thinking about my first glass since I got up, that's not good is it. I'm in a bad mood because dog behaved appallingly on his walk, then got into the bedroom covered in mud. He is in his crate now, in disgrace.

I've got to stay sober until at least 4pm, for agility class with grotty hound, after that, I'm making no promises, it'll be one minute at a time.