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2 YEARS SUGAR FREE

2 YEARS SUGAR FREE

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(A twist on “one year, no beer”)

This month marks 2 years no sugar for me

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I’ve had numerous substitutes for beer since I gave it up in 1999 at 22 years old.

Sugar

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The sugar game has been a much longer and more painful one to play, but I’m so grateful to say that it has been 2 years now that I have not indulged in any candy

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I acknowledge myself

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I will not buy that bag of chips or cookies.

Those things are like beer

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Most days, I live in a position of neutrality, safe and protected, from the desire to binge.

On rare days, suddenly I see the cafe dessert case from across the room, like it was a long-lost lover

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I get captivated

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Sugar and bingeing gave me that same warm embrace I sought in a romantic partner

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Nowadays, when I notice the urge to splurge, I see it as data – information about my internal landscape

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Something is off within me if I want to use food to medicate my emotions

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Today I don’t abandon myself, reject or ridicule, when I feel that old familiar craving come on, or that hollow emptiness that rises inside like thunderclouds building on the horizon

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I just notice and be. I sit with myself. I acknowledge my awareness as an act of self love

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The love I sought through sugar and substances, I give myself

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This I have found to be the winning formula- praying

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Whether it be to use food

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I’ll keep sharing about my progress on this path in hopes it helps you on yours

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Wherever you are on your journey, I acknowledge you

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If you’re in denial

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And I will meet you there too

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Because I’ve been there before, and I know, and understand

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What is it for you? What is your crutch? And where are you on the journey?

There is no better use of my experience than to help others with what I have learned. I am here for you

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PS – my foto is unedited, unairbrushed and unfiltered aside from basic lighting/color. No face or body smoothing or skinnying or youthify-ing effects have been applied.

This is the real me

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