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@NonnieDoiron Those pastries look delicious!! We're currently 95, feels like 109, so yeah, he**ishly hot…

@Michieb125 Congratulations on reaching your targets this month! You should feel very proud. BTW - Any way you can send some of that 'cool summer' to SC, we're in an extreme heat warning today, with temps in the high 90's and a heat index putting us at 110. We've been dealing with this for a couple of weeks now, almost…

July: AF=11 A=15

I am just highlighting the bits of people’s posts that I want to quote and then copy/pasting into the ‘Leave a Comment’ box and then clicking on the Element Toolbar symbol that’s located to the left of the reply box, this opens up four menus, with the third one (Toggle Special Formats Menu) being where the quote function…

@Fursian how did you get the gray bars to the left of the text you wanted to quote. It's been really frustrating me that I can't separate out a few sentences or a paragraph that I want to respond to without quoting a much longer post. Thanks for any help.

@itladyee I think this is an excellent idea. My only question (and maybe someone who has been around a lot longer can answer) is - what reason did the original poster have for doing it as a discussion, and why did Miss May continue to do it this way? I guess it may not matter, but I wonder if there was an advantage that we…

@NonnieDoiron glad to hear your MIL is home, but sorry to hear she's so sick, hopefully her doctors can adjust her meds or find out what else is causing it. @Womona It's great that you can use your calorie budget as inspiration to avoid the A. I usually just stop tracking my calories for the day it I start in on a bottle…

July: AF=10 A=13 Got two days in a row, yay.

@LittleSurferGirl7 Sorry to hear you didn't quite make it to closing time last night - but I have faith that you'll get your another July day very soon! @nbruns83 I think trying to stay AF when eating out can be daunting sometimes. Hooray for avoiding the margarita. @Michieb125 Thanks for sharing the pic of another…

@globalhiker thank you so much for this reminder - I'm so looking forward to having extra money in the bank for things that really mean something to me and will bring me actual enjoyment. I'm still searching for the "strength to take control of my life" but I'm getting closer. Thank you for your continued inspiration in…

@Michieb125 I've never been a huge rose' fan, but that looks tasty anyway. I can't wait until the Trader Joe's opens near us (supposedly sometime this year).

July: AF=8 A=13 I've had a few A days in a row now and really need to get more AF days to reach my greater than 50% goal for the month! Welcome to all the newcomers, and welcome back @looneycatblue

Wow, there are some very interesting backgrounds here, thank you all for sharing them with the rest of us. @NonnieDoiron honestly, I don't know how you get so much done in a day, especially with baking bread in the mix! @Walela617 welcome back, and isn't it great when we see positive physical results (in your case BP/HR…

July: AF=8 A=11

Hi all, hope everyone is doing well today (@Michieb125 glad to hear you're healing is going well). Here's a quick intro from me: I started on this group March of last year; I think I may have lurked a month or two before I chimed in with a comment. I've had some success cutting back and this group is a big part of that.…

July: AF=7 A=10

@dvmmcw7442 Hi Melanie, welcome to the group, there's plenty of room here for you! I think you'll get a lot of inspiration and support here. Not everyone is trying to go totally AF - some are just working towards less alcohol (LA) in their days or weeks or lives. That's the great thing about this group, everyone is working…

July: AF=7 A=8

@Womona A belated HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! And, yes, being able to fix things ourselves is definitely a source of pride. @nbruns83 My drinking got heavier since the pandemic too - lots of day drinking when I got laid off. Nice stats you have going for July. @itladyee That's some pretty heavy reactions from doing breath work, I…

July: AF=7 A=7

@BurnMode05 Staying AF at a wedding is quite impressive!! @itladyee Thank you for this great list of wind-down ideas. I've been wanting to try breathwork and meditation for some time now; I might look into some online resources to get some guided exercises to get me started. @nbruns83 I had to laugh when I read this -…

@NonnieDoiron "I have no idea why we do this to ourselves. We all seem to be intelligent people, and yet here we are stupidly making ourselves feel like utter crap. 🤦🏻‍♀️" This is soooo true. I know I'm a fairly intelligent person, yet here I am this morning feeling like "utter crap" due to the amount of wine I drank last…

@itladyee It was MFP that didn't post, I may have just forgot to hit the post button before I shut down the page. Thanks for the spreadsheet reminder, I hadn't updated that for a few days - just did it yesterday.

July: AF=6 A=7

@barabaradem Welcome to the group! I think you'll find a lot of support and inspiration here whatever your LA or AF goals are.

@itladyee I'm so happy for you that your MRI was normal! @globalhiker I second and third what others have already said - while it may be common, it is not 'normal'. Health is normal, everything not healthy is NOT NORMAL. Hopefully further tests will give you some more productive answers. @Michieb125 Congrats on the 3AF…

July: AF=6 A=6 Hmm, posted my numbers yesterday and they didn't show up - anyway, I'm at 50%AF at almost halfway through the month and am really going to push myself to get more AF than A during the rest of the month. Be back to chat later.

July: AF=4 A=5

@chicbuc Doesn't it feel great when me make such a healthy decision and barely have to think about it! I have days when I struggle to fight cravings for an hour or more and end up caving in and going to the store. Other days (like that last 3 in a row) I barely think about wine and, when I do, the thoughts are basically…

@BurnMode05 I think we're all a work in progress and, as you pointed out, awareness of our habits and what we want to achieve is why we keep going on this journey. Two vacations in one month 😮 I'm a bit jealous! @itladyee I think non-invasive stage 0 is the best thing you can hear after the word cancer. Still, I'm sorry…