I think it is time for me to take another look at the reasons that I should give up sugar. This seems to have helped me get 24 hours of abstinence when these reasons were fresh in my mind. This is something that it is important that I do and it almost seems like I am focusing too hard on this goal and it almost becomes an obsession, but I guess that is why they call it compulsive behavior. Here are my reasons.
1. It makes me feel bad (jittery and anxious)
2. I have trouble concentrating
3. It affects my mood (negatively)
4. It is empty calories with no nutritional value
5. It is keeping from reaching my goals and feeling productive in my life
You would think these reasons would be enough to give it up, but with a compulsive overeater it is not that cut and dried. So, I will concentrate on the next 24 hours and ask for the willingness to remain abstinent for the next 24 hours.
Tags: Just for Today, recovery, OA, Overeaters Anonymous, Twelve Step program
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10:25 pm
Congrats on working on this particular problem. I’m like that too. It wasn’t just the sugar but….I ended up with diabetes. You won’t want that. It took years but it happened. We take it a day at a time. And it works!!!
3:13 pm
Thanks for the encouragement.
8:35 am
it`s realy hard to fight the sugar. i know what you are talking about. but keep on fighting it !!!