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How do I learn to embrace a life without sugar?

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  June 11, 2024 Embarrassed. Ashamed. Disappointed. Looking back to my entry in October 2021 and I realize my sugar intake has only slightly decreased and I've spent 3.5 years in the same sweet, sticky, sugary mess that I swore I would pull myself out of. Oh, and I've gained another 10 lbs., which means I've gained back 50 of the 80 I lost in 2019. It's not about bread, pasta, muffins. It's about pure sugar. Starbucks drinks. Ice cream. Brownies. Cookies. Did I mention Starbucks drinks?  I lost so much time. So much freedom to do the things I want because of a broken mind, broken body. Swollen, stiff, inflamed, enlarged, sick in my body and mind. I never in my wildest dreams thought kicking sugar would be harder than alcohol. I went through six sessions of hypnotherapy hoping to kick sugar. I'm in therapy. I read the books, listen to the self-help podcasts, hope, cross my fingers, pray that I'll come to hate it like I did alcohol. But when I'm by myself,...
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  October 4, 2021 Here I am again… My first blog was Penny on a Path and the focus was walking and talking myself through getting sober. This blog, Penny on Another Path , is to walk and talk myself through giving up sugar and also to find my place, my happiness, my peace. These blogs tie in together because I’ve realized that, although I had absolute success with getting sober (not a drop since July 16, 2018!), I’ve let sugar in other forms take over my body and make me almost as miserable as alcohol did. Well, not almost as miserable, but miserable enough to know that it’s ruining my life in the same way. Yesterday I had many sweets: Starburst candies, two concrete mixers from Culvers, a mocha cookie crumble Frappuccino from Starbucks, and a large piece of chocolate cake. Maybe a little more than a normal day, but not necessarily a big difference. I've incorporated sugar into my life the way I once did with alcohol. I've turned sweets into my booze and I rarely go a day wi...
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