The 6 Stages of Change
I don’t know about you, but the idea of dropping a habit, behavior or addiction lives in my head for ages, often years, before I feel ready to change.
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What Does Sugar Addiction TREATMENT Look Like?
If we accept that sugar is addictive, that it is a disease, then we might accept that is warrants treatment. Using alcohol and drug addiction treatments as a model, what would sugar addiction treatment look like? First, let’s review what defines an addiction. Second, let’s review the most common alcohol and drug addiction models. Third, … Read more
Drinking Less or Not at All in the New Year
The beginning of the year challenges us to look at our lives with an eye for what we might like to change. For many, that includes alcohol consumption. The disease of alcoholism is a progressive, terminal illness with no clear-cut treatment. However, not everyone who wants to change their drinking behavior is alcoholic, are they? … Read more
Women For Sobriety: 13 New Life Acceptance Statements
Since I will be referencing various programs of recovery and relating it to sugar addiction, I will do a series of posts about these programs. Today I am listing the Women for Sobriety (WFS) 13 New Life Acceptance Statements. The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are listed here: https://sugarsobriety.com/a-si… I have a life-threatening problem that … Read more
Links to 4 Not-for-Profit Recovery Support Programs
I recently shared the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous here: https://sugarsobriety.com/a-simple-listing-of-the-12-steps-of-alcoholics-anonymous During my early sobriety, I investigated several recovery support programs and found value in each of them. As such, I want to provide links to the other programs I visited when I was contemplating sobriety and newly sober. Alcoholics Anonymous has the largest network, … Read more