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@shortchange1 Good work!! <3 Hi @MIssMay ~ We love lurkers...the more the merrier :)

YAY @JenT304 Fantastic. It seems like that month flew by...I remember you telling us you were starting it. Seems like yesterday!! @donimfp Day 70 woohoo!! I found it really important to count the days for the first year in particular. I know there is some debate over counting, but it is whatever works for the…

@RubyRed427 Glad you are getting better & that your symptoms are mild....hope you mend soon. I'm thinking whoever you had contact with will need to be tested? That is the protocol in Canada. Hoping everyone has a splendid AF weekend <3

@RubyRed427 Happy first day back tomorrow. Thank you for the Wayne Dyer video. I love his encouragement to think small. It's way more doable thinking in those terms with any addiction.

@Beka3695 <3

@arose0928 & @no44s4me Congrats on the 1.5 year mark...WooHoo!! Inspiring!!

YAY!! Congrats ~ that is a HUGE milestone, your first year sober!!! WooHoo!!! Craig Beck is awesome. Learning from him got me through my first phase of sobriety. I watched his YouTube videos multiple times a day for the first 6 months and then regularly for the next 6 and gradually was able to pare down to an as-needed…

@donimfp Hoping all goes well with your daughters heart surgery and that you have a fun time with your grandgirls and get lots of cuddles. I'm glad that you are enjoying your AFness and will reap the benefits during your time away with your Fam. :)

@JenT304 <3

Good Morn <3 I've been reading Gabor Mate's book on addiction and read an interesting point that I'd like to share here. It is in relation to dopamine's (the feel-good chemical in our brains) role in addiction, any addiction, food, sex, alcohol but in this section he highlights drug use. "Environmental cues associated with…

INTERESTING Post...I firmly believe that there is no moderation for moi EVER...and I don't identify as an alcoholic either, BUT I do know I have a problem moderating alcohol and I have an addictive personality and that is all the identification I need to stay with my AF lifestyle.

Congrats @Beka3695 & @antiderivative Awesome!! Nice to see everyone Keepin' ON !!! Happy AF week

Lots of victories here @stephanne13 @FeelinFooFoo @RubyRed427 @donimfp and many others!! WOOHOO I'm at the "want to" stay sober stage. The first year was I "have to," the 2nd year I was "willing to." It feels so freeing to not be held prisoner by alcohol, yet, I still turn to food, but have been part of a program called…

I picked inspiring but want to send HUGS to...sorry about your job :'(

<3 WELCOME <3 Good alternate drink!! To reply to comments, hit the quote button & it will bring up the person's comment that you'd like to reply to and then type your reply below it OR you can choose the @ key and the person's name eg @EVG2020 to reply to them without the quote...it will highlight their name as you can see…

I love carbonated water with lime or lemon or cranberry juice or the entire combo...throw in some frozen fruit yummy... In reference to addiction, I am reading a book by Gabor Mate, "The Realm of Hungry Ghosts." It chronicles his decades of work with drug addicts at the Downtown Eastside Vancouver clinic. At the outset he…

@RubyRed427 :'( <3

@FeelinFooFoo I'm in the same boat as @aroze0928 most of my growing pains and on again/off again battle with trying to quit drinking was prior to joining the Less Alcohol thread & was SO thankful when Jen started this thread because my goal was to stay AF not drink less...cause that wasn't working for me and I was at the…

I watched a documentary called Driven to Drink on 60 Minutes Australia the other night reporting that the consumption of alcohol by women is increasing to dangerous levels & talked about the reasons for that. What I found most interesting was that the paid advertisements were selling alcohol.

@donimfp No I didn't see the Thin Man films, but it seems that era was oblivious to the serious effects of the drink. We are so much more educated now in many ways, but denial is still the favorite tool of us who do not want to see the reality of stuff that is more difficult to face until we are ready to face it. Plain &…

@Beka3695 I'm wondering if your hubby would be willing to check out Craig Beck or Alcohol Mastery...it could give him a bit of a kick start into wrapping his mind around his alcohol issue and may be more in his comfort zone to listen to one of these guys or whoever else he may relate to...there is a ton of online help & I…

Welcome @QueenZeelsm to our fantastic supportive group B) Yay @RubyRed427 Yay 90 days...your daughter's painting is lovely and the message inspiring! <3 Congrats @FeelinFooFoo on your 31 day streak!! B)

I've been watching some Alfred Hitchcock re-runs on YouTube & was quite surprised to see alcohol featured in most of the episodes I've watched. Also, smoking was "normal" back then. It made me think that is what I grew up watching & shows similar. There were some Dean Martin skits from his show way back when & he was also…

You are right on!! Approaching sobriety as our job is the ticket to freedom from alcohol dependence. Immersing ourselves in education about the true nature of alcohol and the consequences that are inevitable, selecting who we spend our time with, namely, those who support our decision to stop drinking, and working on…

@mainelylisa The thing about having the "off switch" sometimes...that all gets fewer & farther between as the drinking problem progresses. It does make it trickier, like you said, because it is easier to fool ourselves into thinking that we have some kind of control over the uncontrollable, but like you admitted some of…

@RubyRed427 your comment re: No OFF switch, reminded me of watching The Fifth Estate on YouTube (Canadian news docu-type show) It was entitled, "The Pour ~ Treating Alcoholics with Wine" It is a residential treatment facility, The Oaks, for chronic alcoholics who have failed several attempts at conventional treatment…

Hello <3 Weekend is almost here!! I started a new job this week...part-time to supplement my existing work and was somewhat stressed about working with other people LOL I've been self-employed for over 20 yrs and the thoughts of having to work with others wasn't terribly appealing but my friend who works there said it is…

Just popping in to say hi after reading two pages of this very busy thread...YAY! <3 WELCOME <3 @merfhur you will get lots of support here to remain AF and there are lots of online resources also that can be very helpful. I agree with @donimfp that your acquired wisdom over the past year can be of great benefit to all of…

Good Morn/Afternoon: I was reading the June 6 entry from The Language of Letting Go this morn & it furthers my previous comment. It is entitled, "The Gift of Readiness" and it opens by referring to having a change of heart & openness to becoming changed, in part it says, "The path to this willingness can be long and hard.…

Hi All <3 Thank you for all of your support & congrats messages. <3 I have been absent here for a bit, lots happening! Back to work, but not my usual, I have 4 clients who have me on hold. So I'm in the process of looking for some part-time work and that took most of last week applying with an employment agency and am in…