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Hope all's well!

Thanks for sharing the experience! Sounds special! Happy to hear "no regrets!" I think the important thing is the back on track part, which I sense you're pretty good at realigning with your goals! Wonderful : )

Had a great week! Four sober days. Held my own in usually tempting company and situations. Had one drink after work one night, one drink with a friend and one drink during Thanksgiving dinner at the in-laws. ONE. IN-LAWS. Hell ya! I'm learning tips and tricks which are serving me. I'm still enjoying myself and am still…

Hope you enjoy the weekend, Jacques57! It's Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. Weee! Gobble gobble.

Hey guys! Happy Monday! Hope everyone is well. I don't want to write this right now, but gotta be brave and accountable. So, finished drinking break last week. Thursday night was nice. Made a good dinner, had 3.5 standard drinks over 3.5 hours, so not too bad. Certainly buzzy headed by end of evening. Friday I worked, had…

How'd yesterday go, Teknosprite?

I have to wait until after I've eaten something. Also, I cannot make it a strong one.

How're things around here? Today marks 4 weeks for my fiance and I!

Hey guys! Morning! Happy Monday! Day 28 for me over here! Good week - had one free day up at Mom's house. 976 calories under my goal for the week! Mom's wasn't too bad! Had a couple of Beck's Non-alcoholic. Not too shabby! Got to chill on the sugar consumption. Quitting smoking and my 30 days booze free acted as a passage…

Sending positive vibes! Good for you.

How's it going, Laurenz1017?

Hey Teknosprite! Welcome! You are now supported and accountable. I can relate to a lot of what you're saying. I'm on a 30 day clean out right now. Day #25. It's going well. I'm hoping to return to drinking with some new tools for moderation. I've been reading a book/workbook called "Controlling Your Drinking" and I'm…

Sweet! Feels great eh? I'm having to really focus on eating more. Between running/working out and not drinking, it's a struggle to meet my daily requirements for calories and I can't stand to drop much more weight. It's amazing though, the mess that is my skin. Three weeks in with not drinking and smoking - still detoxing…

Will be sending you positive "no" strength and energy! I had a tempting afternoon after work yesterday. We had a busy brunch at work and my co-workers were sitting and having a pint (or two), it was a nice, balmy afternoon...sigh. BUT I stayed strong! You will too! If we carried Beck's or something similar, I totally…

Happy Monday! Hope everyone is well! Still going strong over here...

Don't forget to celebrate the X's! Good for you!!

Well put!

You keep it up too!!!!

Anyone out there having a Sober September? If so, how's it going? Today is the 15th! Half-way point for many! Mine is tomorrow! I feel really fantastic! We're having fun at home and cooking so many wonderfully healthy things! Eating lots of treats! Amazing what you can enjoy when you're not filling up your calories with…

That's super inspiring!

From my sister: "I'm particularly fond of the Waldorf and Statler one with just their eyes and eyebrows." Referring to her Muppet bandaids (her cat attacked her this evening!)

Read the Carr book! I find it really gets you in the right mindset! Glad you've rejoined!!!

Toronto.

Hey! How's it going, everyone? Just wanted to let you know I'm reading a book called "Controlling your Drinking: Tools to Make Moderation Work for You." It's written by William Miller and Ricardo Munoz. I'm 79 pages in and it's making a lot of sense to me. Still won't be drinking anything for a while, but now's a good time…

Mr. Carr all the way! Also not drinking alcohol for a while! I, too, was ready to be a non-smoker. Glad I am!

Hey! Thanks! Are you using some sort of app to get those cool and inspiring stats?

Hey Rick, Thanks for sharing your story. It's difficult to read. I'm sorry this has happened to you. Thank goodness you quit. My Step-Dad just passed away in March from cancer. He battled for three years. My Step-Mom is also battling currently. Both non-smokers. And then I think about how we (or in the past) choose to…

Thanks! Yeah! I'm feeling pretty damn good!

Hey guys! Happy Monday! Still going to forge ahead with this! This week I drank on Monday, started my 30 days on Tuesday and also kicked smoking on Tuesday. My alcohol calories for last week (Monday): 934 calories I was over my calorie goal for the week by 308 calories. Not bad for first week in. Now that it's almost been…

Yeah, when I quit in the past, I didn't gain weight. I was exercising then (as I am now) and eating healthy (as I mostly am now). We'll see how it goes. I think you're right about pre-logging, as opposed to post logging. I'm drinking a ton of water, and as I said, I always have a ziplock bag of cucumber and celery on me.…