: Hi there,

delighted that you found the forum. Let me respond right in your note....

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.

well this is a very normal thing to shift from alcohol 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.

perhaps joining the step two list would be helpful.

: 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.

yes, sometimes this happens...

: 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.

when you get tired of all that, you will focus on just doing the steps

: 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.

nope that is NOT the way to do it. stopping sugar all at once
will just make you crazy.

: My first reaction is to try to detox
: sugar immediately

Please do NOT do this.

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.

I know you feel desparate, but that is biochemical. Work on step two.

: 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.

What you need is stability. The steps will give you that. Going off of sugar cold turkey will only make you crazy.

: 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.

Don't think about doing step 3 yet. But you can just have your sugar at meals.

: 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

Have your sugar with meals and work on step two Join the step one list right now and check that your breakfast is set. Then join the step two list.

Keep writing here.

warmly,

kathleen