: So I started reading Potatoes not
: Prozac and The Sugar Addict's
: Total Recovery Program. (One is on
: my kindle and the other is a
: paperback, so I when I read
: depends on where I am.) Anyway, I
: find as I am reading the first
: couple of chapters, I am gorging
: on ice cream and cookies as I
: read. I have had more dessets in
: the last few days since I started
: reading than I usually permit
: myself in a week. I even made
: cookies last night at 8pm after
: the quesstion about what you would
: do if you walked in the door and
: there were fresh cookies waiting
: there! If anything was a sign that
: I am a sugar addict, that was it.

: My anxiety level about
: "quitting" is off the
: chart. I have had
: "rules" in place for
: myself for some time to keep my
: sweet tooth under control. I can't
: have something sweet until I eat
: healthy. I can't eat out lunch on
: Friday unless I bring something
: healthy 4 days that week. I can't
: even follow my own rules anymore
: since I started reading these
: books. I feel so out of control I
: could cry.

Hi Kim,

I thought I would respond to you directly about your post.
What the books talk about is adding in good things to balance your brain. No talk about *quitting* anything until step 6 which is a long way down the line.

Sugar addiction is scary and overwhelming. But trying to *control* any addiction just won't work.
What about the possibility of simply coming over to the step one list and learning how to do step one.
It doesn't have to be scary.

Kathleen