They say the first step in solving any problem is to admit you have it…

I’d have to say that’s true for me and most all the folks I’ve worked with.

When I first started thinking about quitting sugar I was in pretty heavy denial.

I had quit using caffeine because it was giving me anxiety and headaches.

But I had substituted Sprite and and 7-Up for the colas and Mountain Dews. I had also increased my candy and ice cream intake by way over double.

I was arrogant about it too.

I figured I had quit caffeine and I “deserved” the sugar. “It’s natural” I would say to myself.

Then came the weight gain. The headaches returned. The sluggishness. The Fog Brain

And what hurt the most, and something I don’t think is talked about enough – the “amotivational syndrome”.

Now I was familiar with this from my days of smoking pot but I never thought about something as innocuous as sugar being able to turn me into a couch potato.

I’m am (still) an active guy. I liked getting out and doing things, exercising and enjoying life. And here I was just sitting around on all my free time.

This has since been proven in rats and by surveys of all the people I have worked with.

Sugar just zaps your energy. After that brief “up” we are just drained and chasing the same sugar high all day

I was pissed.

When was this going to end?

Do I have to quit EVERYTHING that I enjoy to be the best person I can be? To accomplish the goals I have set for myself?

Why me? Poor me.

The range of emotions was huge.

Then I would start talking to folks in recovery type meetings and they said not to worry about sugar. Not to worry about gaining a few pounds as long as I was sober today.

Well that sort of made sense.

But in reality the negative effects were just overwhelming me. I did as I always do.

I read a few books and, because I had no one to talk to about this issue, I used them as mentors for a different point of view.

Being a health nut I learned a ton about the negative effects of sugar even back then. (I quit sugar over 28 years ago for you new folks).

Then I had a decision.

I’ve never been able to quit anything bad for me on my own. I had to tell people about it.

But no one was listening.

I even went to 12 step meetings on Overeating(the only ones that existed back then).

That just didn’t do it for me.

So I had to find someone who understood that sugar seemed to be treating my body, mind and psyche badly.

I was lucky to find just few people. Some were from the extreme health groups I frequented and some were actually recovering folks who had the same issues with sugar. So now I didn’t feel so alone.

Luckily today we have the Internet…

So then it came to telling the other folks in my life.

I had gotten so much crap about the other stuff I had quit – but honestly I was more scared about “outing” myself as a sugar junkie.

How could I be against sugar? Against Candy, Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day?

So I kept quiet.

Told no one.

And for another two years I suffered as I went on and off sugar trying to quit on my own. Yo-yo weight, fog brain every morning.

Three days clean then a binge on ice cream. It just went on like that for two years!

I just got tired and desperate. Imagine a recovering drug and alcohol addict brought to his knees by little ole’ sugar…

So honestly what I finally did was I constructed my own support group. Part from the health nuts I hung with – found a few sugar free ones. Partially from the drug and alcohol support groups and food addiction groups.

It was certainly a hodge-podge of folks but none of them ate sugar and were cool about me talking about it with them.

I didn’t feel alone finally.

30 days passed, 60 then 90. That was over 28 years ago.

One thing I can tell you is this stuff is more powerful than you think it is. — Or maybe you already know that.

We can’t do it alone.

You don’t have to tell a soul that doesn’t have your best interest at heart but you DO HAVE TO TELL SOMEONE who cares about the new path you’ve chosen. Believe me – the other folks won’t even ask. It will freak you out a little.

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And, when some asks(they rarely do) why you’re not having cake just tell them you’re taking a little break today.

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