Ahhh, Step Two…. This step just cuts right to the heart of the issue. Here are my thoughts on what Step Two “means.” CONNECT HERE Let’s start at the end – INSANITY. What is meant by insanity is the picking up of (a drink, a dessert, a drug, a poison) when you don’t want to … Read more
At the age of 45, I woke up. After grieving my mother’s death, I realized that my husband and I were unlikely to realize our dream of having children. Wondering what life had left to offer now that all of my parents were deceased and no children to raise, I embarked on a multi-faceted spiritual … Read more
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
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
The glory of Google Alerts, Twitter and friends that care is that you can be quite efficient in staying on top of issues that matter to you. Issues that matter to me and this blog: sugar & alcohol addiction, spirituality and the ketogenic diet. The connection among these issues may not seem straightforward, but it … Read more
If you are new to the ketogenic way of eating, you are probably wondering what you can and cannot eat. Generally speaking, eating keto means eating lots of yummy, wholesome, UNPROCESSED, REAL foods. Today in the Basics Series, I will review 3 foods that are musts to cut and 3 foods that are musts to … Read more
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. In previous posts, I listed the basic tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous and Women for Sobriety. Today I will list the basics of SMART Recovery. The SMART Recovery 4-Point Program offers … Read more
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
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
In this post, I will discuss how the addictive processes of alcohol and sugar are similar. Common Trigger Similarities for Alcohol and Sugar The most common trigger for both alcohol and sugar is THAT BOTH ARE FOUND EVERYWHERE! No standing on the street corner for these drugs. Christmas (cookies and liquor), New Year’s (champagne), Valentine’s … Read more
