Hi Terri,

Your post is "spot on" for me. I am famous for starting things, jumping in with both feet, staying with it for a while and then dropping it altogether.

I have gone through an al anon program before (my husband is what I believe a function alcoholic, but is to embarrassed to seek help). I recognize some of my addictive qualities based on what I learned in al anon. I do truly believe I have an addiction to sweet (doesn't matter if it's sugar, artificial sweetener, or simple carbs).

I actually swore off junk food last Saturday. I didn't receive the book until Wednesday. I'm already seeing some things surfacing that I have swept under the rug using sweets as my medicine. Insecurity and jealousy have been a problem for me in the past. I thought I had a handle on it, but I think I just swept it under the rug. It's different dealing with it when I'm not "strung out" on sugar. I'm dealing with it without blaming my husband. I see that the problem is my insecurity and jealousy that needs to be dealt with rather than seeing him as the problem. I can't control it if he is the problem, but if the problem is mine, I can work on myself. I think it's going to start with a mourning process in recognizing that I can't fulfill every need of my husband. It's okay if he depends on others and has friendships with other females. One of my problems is that I struggle to comprehend proper boundaries so I don't have a firm grasp on what is appropriate and what is not.

That's kind of a heavy topic. I think I just needed to get that written down so I could take my focus off it a little. I tend to get obsessive.

Thank you so much for the welcome!

Carrie

: A very warm welcome Carrie!
: It's nice you are here where there is
: lots of support. This program is
: top notch and please take my word
: for it, as one who has gone out
: and tried many others over a 10
: year period, that this is the best
: for sugar sensitive people. Dr. D
: really does know what she is
: talking about.
: I've been reading YLD again recently
: after 10 years and it's so
: "spot on" with all the
: information explaining how I've
: felt for oh so long. I'm on step 2
: and have been doing the steps
: slowly this time, starting over
: about 2 months ago. My body
: already is starting to feel oh so
: much better and I'm breaking down
: each step into "nano"
: steps so that it has time to
: adjust to the changes.
: Breakfast is good and steady and I've
: gone 2 weeks journalling
: breakfast. Just yesterday I began
: recording lunches. The feelings
: are hardest for me to figure out
: but it's coming along
: nicely.....better than any other
: time doing it. It was typical for
: me to get to step 2 or 3 and then
: go into "diet head"
: listening to other well meaning
: people who would always convince
: me that I wasn't sugar sensitive.
: Now I'm listening to my own
: knowingness because my body feels
: so good eating this way.
: Hopefully you will stay with us and
: listen and learn from the ones who
: have been successful. It really is
: life changing!

: Warm regards,
: Terri