Brave Babes - Barging through 2017 in style

[SweetLathyrus]

Hello, I'm SweetLathyrus (Sweet for short), and I've been hopping on and off Gerald the Brave Babes Battle Bus for three years now because, like some many of us, I struggle with alcohol.

The Bus is a supportive community at all stages in their relationship with alcohol and with lots of different goals - for some, it's abstinence, for others it's moderation, for others, it's just about getting a bit of control and perspective.

So, if you think you'd like to join us, don't be shy, flag us down and jump on board and share as much or as little as you feel comfortable with; sometimes there will be silliness, but there will always be help and support.

If you would like to know how the Bus first rattled into action, here is the first ever thread

And if you would like to know where we have been more recently, here is the most recent thread

Evening all, I've got a bit of a routine going now. I get in and eat something like bread and butter and have a fizzy drink.

I get tea going and eat by six, then jammie's on and cup of tea about 7 and the twitching has stopped

Well done everyone on day 5!
I am only on day 3 and it really is not easy. I find the hardest time is mid afternoon with the will I won't I going round and round my head. Having a becks blue at 5 and then pjs on at 6 (so I can't pop to the shop) is the only way I'm managing.
I know it's only supposed to be one day at a time but I'm worried about tomorrow, drinking on a Friday seems like such a ritual. How is everyone else planning to cope?

Yeah. Have downed 2 cans of zero sugar coke which I would never normally touch. Had a bath, pjs on, dinner cooked ( low fat)...Now what? I did a half hour walk at lunchtime, and then a brisk 20 minute walk uphill after dropping the car at the garage. Am getting bored now and need to see some results or I'll crack at the weekend.

Hi WiP dreading the weekend , Friday night without a glass of wine or gin is unheard of since last January anyway.

Sheer bloody mindedness might be the answer.

I am bored too ma
There just doesn't seem anything to break the monotony but will grit teeth a bit longer

Hi all. Stuck in car in freezing cold while ds training. Can't drink obvs as driving. Happy to subcontract taxi service to any of you if it helps with the cravings

I will be ok until tomorrow but Friday night is Malbec night for me so will be white knuckling it. Hope you are all getting past the witching hour for now

Sober I LOVE that bus

Cleared up the Christmas tree. Clearing 9 gazillion needles and a pint of water of the floor helped a bit with cravings.
Might try more cleaning Ina bit. I had a good day with the dc and I immediately wanted wine to celebrate with. Need to change that association.

I'm not sure if I'm going to manage a dry weekend, baby turns 1 and there will be visits from relatives... will try though. Vast amounts of cake and coffee will help.

Very me,me,me post.

Off the floor, not of.

Ffs!

Got home to four bottles of Snowball on the step. Guess it's from my elderly neighbour.

I'm not going to do my body scrub tonight, will save it for tomorrow. I forgot I had a hair appt tonight, so busy concentrating on not drinking. Made it with a minute or two to spare, only because she sent me a text. I have gone for a lopsided, choppy style. Reflects how I feel. And that's the long and short of it.

spanna bonny wee thing. I hope it gets help. I am very wary of them, there was a lab attacked up here a couple of years ago. I won't go into details but it was horrific.

Where is made? Come in quine. Let us know how your new job is going.

Day 5. Grumpy - tick! Non healthy eating, pizza for tea - tick! I am not going to have a Snowball, I'm not going to have a Snowball, I'm not going to have a Snowball. One resolution left.

But my skin is lovely. On my face. Eyes are brighter. But I can't get up in the morning. Awaiting the boing.

Work very hectic, coping but only just.

Your baby will be 1 guggs? Bloody hell! I couldn't cope with a baby now.
My babies are 26, 23 and 14.

Think we need a plan for tomorrow night, babes.
Facepack Friday? With photos???

hope bless ye for allowing my knat.

joey Your mam forgot the rowies?!? I wouldn't let her o'er the step until she has a little think about what she's done. And made amends by getting some Aitkens brought to you by unicorn. And a dragon. The dragon will be useful if they've run out of the crispy ones. Don't make it easy.

I'm up for Facepack Friday ma

You're right dubh she needs to take a long hard look at herself in the mirror...

To be fair, I hadn't actually asked her to get any, but I would have thought it was bloody obvious!

Wrote long post, lost it. AGH.
Going to bed with book (will take a while to get DC down first) then have booked cinema tomorrow early eve. Then am in for facepack Friday.
Feeling sorry for self (marriage over, at risk for redundancy blah blah) but try January will help.
Thanks babes for the bus and KOKO.

Anyone else for Facepack Friday?

I've never done a face pack!

Ma of course I am. I am after all luxury woman
Wonder how we will all sleep tonight, hopefully better.

Tomorrow night will be a tough one, let's tough it out with mud on our faces.

Just seen a women on tv having a glass of red, got a proper wing pang so I'm on for facepack Friday. Going to need some distraction.

Got the rage. Somebody left the terrorist with her lead. The new expensive stretchy one. I've just found it tucked away in the bag with her toys.

How many bloody times do I have to say? I feel like I bloody well speak to myself. How has a chewed lead sent me into the stratosphere? Wound very, very tight tonight.

Please get easier tomorrow. I feel like that sodding lead.

It will be better tomorrow dubh. If it helps my dry January app tells me I have saved 2040 calories!!! Fucking hell. Why haven't I lost any weight then?
I am in bed with a cup of tea. Dh is drinking beer and eating prawn crackers.Bastard.
MIP I order you to buy a facepack for tomorrow!

Lunk I am avoiding the tv for that very reason. Everybody drinks on the telly. Fuckers.

mips ah now. You will love it! Oats, honey, yogurt and a couple of mashed blueberries. What kind of skin do you have?

dubh your face pack sounds like pudding! Swap blueberries for raspberries and you have Cranachan.
The fucking autocorrect changes your name to subject
I'm getting crabbit

I am mentally hoofing your Dh's arse for ye ma.

For two pins I can be there in a couple of hours and do it for real . See, you think you haven't noticed, but your body is quietly working away. You'll notice by the end of January. It's early days, but that's a good blob of plump you've lost.

I'm drinking lemon, honey and fresh ginger. I will be going to bed in an hour with Alan Partridge for company.

Hi Lux, lovely to "meet" you too! Hope you white-knuckled it through tonight, so many babes have offered some very wise words proving that this bus is the absolute best place to be when you're trying to go AF!

Dubh, I also lost my freaking shit today when I got the millionth piece of fucking Lego stuck into the bottom of my foot - I mean I know it's an educational toy and all that malarkey but why do the pieces turn up in every single freaking corner of the house???

Ma, count me in for the face pack.

I know one of the reasons I hate not drinking - I find it so mind-numbingly boring and dull. Tonight I watched my Dad, who's staying with us for an eternity two weeks and my DH get through a really nice bottle of red while I sipped on my water. And instead of feeling smug and healthy I just felt really really jealous. So then I ate about £15 worth of chocolate money I found at the back of the cupboard - don't think the weight loss thing is going to happen here!

Tomorrow is my first big challenge - it's a national holiday here in Spainyland, a bit like another Christmas, plus it's DS1's birthday, so I've got 15 people for lunch at mine. There will be beer for the aperitif, wine of both colours on the table and cava with the cakes for pudding and I already know that my MIL will try to push me to have cava with her because usually I am very obliging like that! Babes, how on earth am I going to do this?