Jeffrey, I never realized how bad sugar made me feel until I went off of sugar on another plan, and then after three weeks off of it, went to a friend's house and ate all sorts of sugar and had champagne. I used to eat sugar in a slow, steady stream, so I felt depressed all the time but the connection to the sugar wasn't obvious. After eating lots of sugar after being off for three weeks, I got tired and crabby and got a horrible headache and spent the whole evening yelling at my poor pets. At that point, I realized I had to either eat sugar regularly or not at all, and I opted for not at all (especially since in the three weeks I'd been off it, my depression started to lift). Shortly after that, I found RR.

It sounds like you are having a similar experience. Good luck with your detox!
Allison

: Hi Cloe

: You are right. I have been focusing
: on the steps. I used to binge a
: lot for the first few months. Then
: it became less frequent. Now I
: can't remember my last binge.

: However, I had gastroenteritis 3.5
: weeks ago, and inadvertently gone
: off sugar for 8 days. Kathleen
: suggested staying off of it and
: just eating fruit and I wished I
: had listened. I was still afraid
: to give it up and went back to my
: usual Step 4/5 diet with the daily
: sugar fix at dinner. Well things
: all went to hell from there.

: I started off with sugar rushes, then
: headaches, next anxiety, lethargy,
: severe tiredness and finally
: debilitating depression to the
: point that I could not even get
: out of bed. I have not had back to
: back days like that since starting
: the program (note: I do take
: medication for depression, but it
: was having no effect this week).

: So out of desperation, I have decided
: to detox again. I didn't know what
: else to do. I wasn't able to
: function. Today is the second day
: and I am already less anxious and
: depressed. At least I could go to
: work. I don't know what the heck I
: did to my system, but I at least
: want to go through with the detox
: and see how I feel at day 5. Then
: what, I haven't a clue.

: Jeffrey