Mars Bars, M&M’s, Snickers, licorice, lollipops, Tootsie Roll Pops. A sugar high for the kids, costumes abandoned, stored away. But the children lose interest, the plastic pumpkin lurks, leering at you, mocking your resolve. You have vowed to leave it, […]
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I Don’t Know
Shortly afterward I came home drunk. There had been no fight. Where had been my high resolve? I simply didn’t know. It hadn’t even come to mind.~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Locations 245-246) It’s that pesky question a sponsor asks when you […]
Continue reading »What’s the Hurry?
One of these days I’ll start a new program, a new diet, a cleanse, a new exercise regimen. I’ll take control of the weight, of my life, of my fate, of my happiness someday. But I’ve got so much to […]
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I am a sugar addict and compulsive overeater, recovering. I say “recovering” with compulsive overeater but not with sugar addict. Why? Because like an alcoholic who takes that first drink I fall back into the pit with a dab of […]
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I prayed for God to keep me from eating my binge foods. I ate food that had fallen into the trash. I ate food that I knew was addictive. Then came the realization: I was not willing. ~ Voices of Recovery […]
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