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keowee · 06-25-2004, 07:20 AM

Hello this is my first time here and i have been in and out of recovery for 14 plus years. My journey has shown me that i must look at all things that create unmanagablity in my life. It started with drugs....then relationships.... on to spending.....and smoking cigs.... and now after my pregnancy i am trying to loose weight. My husband and i have been doing weight watchers. So far so good. I have lost 31 pounds over the past 6 months. Slow! My current issues are about about SUGAR. I just cannot seem to get enough of it. Does anyone else crave sugar and is this possibly related to the fact that i was a binge drinker? I have heard some people say that recovering people will replace the drugs with food. I have done this and i want to fill this hole with God. Any suggestions about sugar cravings and filling the hole with God?

smoke gets in my eyes · 06-25-2004, 04:29 PM

Hi keowee and welcome!

I have sugar cravings... if I eat sugar. Raw sugar works on me like an addictive substance. The more I have the more I want. If I kick it down to a minimum, I don't crave it. I know Dot talks a lot about her sugar blues, and maybe she will have some stories to share, too.

Hugs!
Smoke

JT · 06-25-2004, 04:39 PM

I am there too! It is not the easiest thing to stop but if I don't eat it I don't crave it. Chocolate the same way. You sound like me...always about fixin' something. I want to know when I will be done.

Anyway my prescription? Sugar free popcicles! They are great!

Now my dad is an alcoholic 30 years sober. He has a bowl of jelly beans by his side all the time.

JT

smoke gets in my eyes · 06-26-2004, 08:47 AM

I have to second the sugar free popsicles. I would never have tried them without JT's recommendation but they have changed my summer.

splendra · 06-26-2004, 09:39 AM

Keowee-

Please go to my thread in the Argueholics forum that is titled NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT? there we are discussing about sugar cravings and the causes and cures!

Paulie · 06-26-2004, 11:20 AM

Sugar free jello is good too.

keowee · 06-28-2004, 06:46 AM

Thanks everyone, glad to know there are better food choices and that others struggle witht his as well.

06-25-2004, 07:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
keowee Paused Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 2	sugar Hello this is my first time here and i have been in and out of recovery for 14 plus years. My journey has shown me that i must look at all things that create unmanagablity in my life. It started with drugs....then relationships.... on to spending.....and smoking cigs.... and now after my pregnancy i am trying to loose weight. My husband and i have been doing weight watchers. So far so good. I have lost 31 pounds over the past 6 months. Slow! My current issues are about about SUGAR. I just cannot seem to get enough of it. Does anyone else crave sugar and is this possibly related to the fact that i was a binge drinker? I have heard some people say that recovering people will replace the drugs with food. I have done this and i want to fill this hole with God. Any suggestions about sugar cravings and filling the hole with God?

06-25-2004, 04:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
smoke gets in my eyes Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: That's what I'd like to know. Posts: 2,421	Hi keowee and welcome! I have sugar cravings... if I eat sugar. Raw sugar works on me like an addictive substance. The more I have the more I want. If I kick it down to a minimum, I don't crave it. I know Dot talks a lot about her sugar blues, and maybe she will have some stories to share, too. Hugs! Smoke __________________ It is better to have loved and lost than to live with a psycho for the rest of your life. 21st century proverb

06-25-2004, 04:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
JT Supply Manager Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cleaverville Posts: 2,903	I am there too! It is not the easiest thing to stop but if I don't eat it I don't crave it. Chocolate the same way. You sound like me...always about fixin' something. I want to know when I will be done. Anyway my prescription? Sugar free popcicles! They are great! Now my dad is an alcoholic 30 years sober. He has a bowl of jelly beans by his side all the time. JT __________________ The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind~Wayne Dyer

06-26-2004, 08:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
smoke gets in my eyes Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: That's what I'd like to know. Posts: 2,421	I have to second the sugar free popsicles. I would never have tried them without JT's recommendation but they have changed my summer. __________________ It is better to have loved and lost than to live with a psycho for the rest of your life. 21st century proverb

06-26-2004, 09:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
splendra the girl can't help it Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: splendraville Posts: 5,495 Blog Entries: 3	Keowee- Please go to my thread in the Argueholics forum that is titled NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT? there we are discussing about sugar cravings and the causes and cures! __________________ nice has a hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

06-26-2004, 11:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
Paulie It is what it is!!! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sobriety Posts: 5,785	Sugar free jello is good too. __________________ I know more about how to live than I did yesterday, but not as much as I'll know tomorrow. Today, Ill learn something new~JFT, 1/27/06 The difference between a good day and a bad day, is about 2 days~Ann of SR

06-28-2004, 06:46 AM	#7 (permalink)
keowee Paused Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 2	Thanks everyone, glad to know there are better food choices and that others struggle witht his as well.

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