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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Step One: Powerless Over Sugar
I remember the impact it made on me when I heard, “the only step I need to do perfectly is Step One.” As a recovering perfectionist, being told I should be “perfect” in admitting my powerlessness and my inability to manage my life HURT. Now I understand that admitting my powerlessness and admitting that my … Read more
About Michelle Herman and Sugar Sobriety
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
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
Keto Basics Series #2: What Makes a Diet Ketogenic?
What makes a diet keto is that it restricts carbs enough to exhaust the glycogen supply in the liver, requiring the body to tap into fat as fuel. It is moderate protein because protein can’t be stored and is transformed to glucose if overeaten. There are no foods specifically prohibited, but it is pretty impossible to … Read more
Keto Basics Series #1: What Are Ketones & How Do We Make Them?
What are ketones? Keto bodies or ketones are byproducts of burning fat for energy, also known as fat metabolism. There are 3 types of ketones produced: Acetoacetate (AcAc), Beta-hydroxybutyric acid (BHB), and Acetone. How do we make ketones? Significant fat metabolism occurs once all the body’s 2,000 calories worth of carbohydrate stores have been used. … 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
The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
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, starting here with a listing of the 12 steps from the “Big Book” of Alcoholics Anonymous. Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. … Read more
Similarities Between Alcohol and Sugar Addiction
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