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 without it... without a lot of it. That's a problem.
I went to bad last night with a mild headache, feeling exhausted, bloated, inflamed, with pain in my elbow, knee, and hip. I have so much inflammation in my feet that I can barely walk. Oh, and I've gained back 40 lbs. of my 80-lb. weight loss. Damn it. It's all familiar. These were side effects of being drunk. So many similarities:
Sugar addiction: chronic inflammation, fatigue, fatty liver, mood swings, headaches, cancer, compromised immunity, accelerated aging, heart disease, diabetes, tooth decay, drug-like dependency, memory loss, inability to focus, obesity, depression, autoimmune issues.
Alcohol addiction: chronic inflammation, fatigue, fatty liver, mood swings, headaches, cancer, compromised immunity, accelerated aging, heart disease, diabetes, drug-like dependency, memory loss, inability to focus, obesity, depression, autoimmune issues.
THE ONLY THING REMOVED IS TOOTH DECAY!
and... drum roll... the liver metabolizes sugar exactly the same way as it does alcohol.
Today is a new day. Today is October 4, 2021. Today is a Monday. I always “start new” on Mondays. Today is a good day to change my life, 10/4/21, like “10-4 good buddy.” Nothing like CB radio trucker talk to get a person motivated.
Wish me luck! I'll need it.
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