Please can you help me. I am a recovering alcoholic seven months sobriety. Since I have stopped drinking I have found that I'm completely addicted to sugar.

I read Kathleen's book potatoes not Prozac and immediately understood. I have been doing the breakfast now for four weeks and feel I am ready to start doing my journal although I think this will be the hardest part for me as I hate writing diaries for anything that commits me to many times a day.

Since I have started doing breakfast I seem to have been eating so much more sugar. It's almost like I have permission to continue eating as much sugar as I like. My addiction is getting far worse.

I went to an Aa meeting tonight and on the way there I ate 3 packs of toffee I had already eating chocolate biscuits puddings and other rubbish all day and very little healthy food other than my breakfast which consist of a protein shake with bananas strawberries and oats.

In the meeting I'm starting to feel very unwell sick headache shaking. I have to leave the meeting when I got outside I realised my life was again unmanageable and this time it was not the alcohol it was the sugar I need to stop this now.

My first reaction is to try to detox sugar immediately I am piling Weight on and feel desperately unhappy at also feel ill I am scared I will get diabetes heart disease or many other illnesses if I don't stop straightaway.

However if I follow the program on the steps I am only just starting STEP2 which could mean I am many many months away from the sugar detox and I feel I need this very soon if not immediately.

Is it okay to go straight to step three at the same time of STEP2 at least then I will feel I have a little control over this and will only be eating sugar with meals. Does anyone have any advice please.

I am due to go to ranch in October and can't wait to meet you guys anything that can help make my life more manageable before then and take away this fear would be so helpful. Thank you so much