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barb dwyer · 01-13-2008, 06:27 AM

... a week ago today - I quit 'obvious' sugars.

I called 'em 'blatant' sugars but still.

I'm also really really struggling with stopping smoking.

Noticed something.

As the days progressed -
the desire ... or the 'habitual' reach for a smoke -

decreased.

And .. there's been less ... urgency when there HAS been a 'tug' for a smoke.

the two connected?

***Nina Kay*** · 01-13-2008, 09:54 AM

Hi Barb. That's very interesting. I really hope that it is connected so that you continue to simultaneously lose your cravings for both sweets and cigarettes. I have never smoked so I can't comment on this. I'm sure that others will be here to share with you soon. Keep up the great progress, one day at a time.
(((((((((((((Support Hugs))))))))))))))))

dave47 · 01-13-2008, 11:56 AM

Don't know either Barb but interesting all the same. I have a sweet tooth but never smoked and my wife smokes 20/30 every day and also has a sweet tooth. If she decides to cut out sweet foods i will have to see, hope it continues for you anyway.

historyteach · 01-13-2008, 12:20 PM

Well, I've been a BIG TIME smoker, (over three packs a day at my worst).
But, I've never been a big sweet eater. It doesn't bother me to have one piece of chocolate, for example. Or, when I *did* have my, (monthly--sorry guys, lol!), I had one chocolate bar; a frozen snickers. That's gone now...
So, I too, cannot comment truthfully.

I look forward to hearing more.

Shalom!

grateful2b · 01-13-2008, 12:26 PM

I have smoked in the past and in the last year have noticed that my body does not tolerant sugar the way it used to.When I have very little or no sugar, I feel much clearer. sugar is definitely a drug and affects our brain chemistry...Sugar Blues by Duffy, forgot his first name is a real eye opener.
So i am thinking if you cut down on sugar, that has a positive impact on your brain chemistry and so it might follow you would be in a better space brain chemistry wise to deal with smoke urges...does this make any sense?
grateful

Neagrm · 01-13-2008, 03:58 PM

Interesting observations. Never smoked so don't know, but seems like I was born with a raging sweet tooth.

barb dwyer · 01-24-2008, 10:19 PM

I'm hanging in ... barely ... but definitely there's something to the whole sugar thing.

Somebody tried to get me to go off sugar early in my sobriety and my attitude was 'what - you on crack????? I'm worried about DRINKING here ...'

*sigh*

I wonder about the whole Elvis thing - LOL
get the doc to put me in a COMA for thirty days and see what happens.
my luck - I'd wake up sleepy and that'd be it.

01-13-2008, 06:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	ok. here's one ... ... a week ago today - I quit 'obvious' sugars. I called 'em 'blatant' sugars but still. I'm also really really struggling with stopping smoking. Noticed something. As the days progressed - the desire ... or the 'habitual' reach for a smoke - decreased. And .. there's been less ... urgency when there HAS been a 'tug' for a smoke. the two connected? __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-13-2008, 09:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
*Nina Kay* Accepting Myself As Is Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here @ SR. Posts: 2,855	Hi Barb. That's very interesting. I really hope that it is connected so that you continue to simultaneously lose your cravings for both sweets and cigarettes. I have never smoked so I can't comment on this. I'm sure that others will be here to share with you soon. Keep up the great progress, one day at a time. (((((((((((((Support Hugs)))))))))))))))) __________________ Acceptance is key to my Serenity. Nina Kay

01-13-2008, 11:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
dave47 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: England Posts: 1,703	Don't know either Barb but interesting all the same. I have a sweet tooth but never smoked and my wife smokes 20/30 every day and also has a sweet tooth. If she decides to cut out sweet foods i will have to see, hope it continues for you anyway. __________________ Into each life some rain must fall,some days be dark and dreary. The Difficult is that which can be done immediately;the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

01-13-2008, 12:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
historyteach To Life! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 9,303	Well, I've been a BIG TIME smoker, (over three packs a day at my worst). But, I've never been a big sweet eater. It doesn't bother me to have one piece of chocolate, for example. Or, when I did have my, (monthly--sorry guys, lol!), I had one chocolate bar; a frozen snickers. That's gone now... So, I too, cannot comment truthfully. I look forward to hearing more. Shalom! __________________ IMAGINE

01-13-2008, 12:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
grateful2b Leap of Faith Survivor Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,556	I have smoked in the past and in the last year have noticed that my body does not tolerant sugar the way it used to.When I have very little or no sugar, I feel much clearer. sugar is definitely a drug and affects our brain chemistry...Sugar Blues by Duffy, forgot his first name is a real eye opener. So i am thinking if you cut down on sugar, that has a positive impact on your brain chemistry and so it might follow you would be in a better space brain chemistry wise to deal with smoke urges...does this make any sense? grateful __________________ You need to give up the life you have in order to have the life that is waiting for you.

01-13-2008, 03:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
Neagrm Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 294	Interesting observations. Never smoked so don't know, but seems like I was born with a raging sweet tooth.

01-24-2008, 10:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	I'm hanging in ... barely ... but definitely there's something to the whole sugar thing. Somebody tried to get me to go off sugar early in my sobriety and my attitude was 'what - you on crack????? I'm worried about DRINKING here ...' sigh I wonder about the whole Elvis thing - LOL get the doc to put me in a COMA for thirty days and see what happens. my luck - I'd wake up sleepy and that'd be it. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

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