Welcome, Carolyn. Happy to see you. Let me respond right in your note. I will put +++ in front of my comments...

Hi,
: I'm new to the Forum. Trying to start: the new year off without the: craziness that sugar brings.
: I'm a recovering alcoholic with 22
: yrs sober.

+++This is wonderful. and you are so in the right place!!!

I had bulimia for more
: than 20 yrs.

+++Yep, you got the sugar sensitive package :)

: I went one year with no flour and no: sugar in OA back in 2001.

+++I think you will find that we are approaching in a very different way. Rather than
using restriction as a solution, we can teach you how to heal what lies under all the *stuff* you
have worked through. Check into getting a copy of Potatoes Not Prozac. I think you will be comforted.

Was
: great no cravings but I had to
: weigh and measure and I went on
: vacation and started out with DQ
: and then it was all over.

+++ Ah, blessed DQ! I know it well. And I want you to have the joy of
never having to worry about *vacations*.

: I'm so sick of eating sugar and: thinking about eating it and: thinking about not eating it. It's: good to hear others talk about: feeling the same way because
: "normal" people don't get it and it doesn't seem like a: big deal to them.

+++Nope, they don't: h11) And the story is bigger than the *sugar*. You will have fun!

: Looking forward to reading more.

+++Wonderful!

: Thanks

+++Kathleen