December is National Sugar Addiction Month, I’ve decided.
I’m arriving at this conclusion, because wherever you go, you’re confronted and tormented by candy canes, gingerbread men, cookies, chocolate Chanukah gelt and pies of every flavor imaginable (the sweeter, the better).
This is the time when diets fall by the wayside, weight piles on (but not necessarily as much as you’d think) and will power seems to take a back seat to sugar power.
So given the terrible predicament facing you this month, I invite you to share your tales of temptation and how you are overcoming them.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Of course, you’ll get tips from me too, soon, on how to respond to those sugar pushers.
6 thoughts on “Sugar Addiction? Do You Think It Exists? Weigh In Now With Your Tales”
Hi Connie,
Just found your site and yes, sugar addiction exists. Ten years ago I was diagnosed with clinical depression.
Rather than take meds, I began following a “zone-like” diet and within 30 days of controlling my sugar intake my moods improved dramatically and I’ve never looked back.
Even now when I do have a high-sugar day, the next day or two I’m a bear to be around. It’s as if I’m going through a detox of some sort.
Over the years I’ve gotten fairly good at getting back on track after a “junk” day or “free” day as I like to call it, but sometimes I battle to quite the call for sugar.
Hi Connie,
No doubt, I’m 100% sure that sugar addiction exists! I’m also finding more and more posts about it in the blogosphere, which I think helps other people know that they’re not alone.
I actually think that most humans are addicted to sugar because the human body just isn’t built to withstand the chemical changes that refined sugar assaults it with. In fact, I don’t personally know anyone who is not addicted to sugar, do you?
BTW, the way I know this is that even the people who I thought weren’t affected with sugar addiction would not consider getting off of it completely when I asked them if they would. 😉 They can’t imagine living without it…..if it’s not addictive, then why not let it go? 🙂
Hi Connie,
I didn’t share my “tales of temptation” and how I’m overcoming them in my previous comment like you asked for in your post.
I have experienced peace from sugar cravings and sugar addiction by completely abstaining from refined sugar and foods high in natural sugar, but this was spring/summer. Currently I’m struggling with my sugar addiction but am not buying those sugary foods to put in the cupboard at home, which I feel is a step in the right direction. If I have the stuff in my house, it calls out to me.
In order for me to be successful again though, I know that I have to get off the sugar 100%.
Yes, I believe in sugar addiction. I am recovering from years of bingeing, depression, etc. all due to sugar and white foods. I feel much better, and am using Kathleen DesMaisons’ approach. It is slow but steady…
I guess my comment didn’t go through the first time… but I know that I’m a sugar addict… in recovery thankfully. I am taking it slowly by following Kathleen DesMaisons’ program. The biochemical changes are wonderful.
i am a newly formed sugar addict. i recently broke up with my boyfriend of 4 years a few months ago. since then, i have found myself viciously binging on sugar(i.e. icecream, brownies, and much more) i never was this way before. what do i do? i’m desperate. i feel so aweful after a binge. my skin, hair, mood and well being are suffering. i just want to be normal again. any suggestions?
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