Hi Marcia

As Gigi says, the negativity and self criticism definitely disappear the further we go along the steps. I never had anything nice to say/think about myself and I never ever have that negative voice lurking anymore.

I remember talking to my ex husband about it not long after I detoxed, talking about the negative voice, which I thought of as the voice of my self esteem, and he said "we all have that voice." I did suspect he was sugar sensitive though because of his love of sweets and his behaviours/decisions.

Love

Jane
xx

: Hi Marcia, my father was an alcoholic
: too and my mother is a sugar
: addict, I know because I buy her
: groceries. When I realized my
: problem with sugar was an actual
: addiction I thought about my
: father. I've never been a drinker
: but doesn't alcohol have a lot of
: sugar in it?

: Anyway, I think you're doing the
: right thing by reaching out to a
: co-worker and writing here. I know
: several sugar addicts but none of
: them are handling it the way I am
: so this is my place to connect
: with others who understand.

: I have found that the self criticism
: and negativity was mostly sugar
: and as sugar has faded the
: negativity has too. I hope you
: keep with it, keep posting, keep
: reaching out. Maybe in time your
: partner can see the changes in you
: and realize we all have to deal
: with things in our own way.
: There's no one size fits all.

: Gigi