Sugar Addiction is Real

August 10, 2010 ↓ Comments (2)

Addict Every summer, friends throw a large backyard garden party that’s filled with good people, good food and one very cute dog.

This year, the mother in the family said to me that she looked at my website and saw the words Stop Being Sweet. She thought it meant to not take any crap from people and was surprised to find that the site was about sugar. She made a face and I got the impression that giving up sugar wasn’t something she was about to try.

When her daughter found out that I don’t eat sugar, meat or fish, she asked if I ever smile. It wasn’t the first time someone reacted that way.

On our way out I said goodbye to her son who had just placed several delicious looking dishes on the dessert table. He offered to give me something to go and said, “You can take it with you. I mean, I know you have a public persona to upkeep and everything.” He might as well have winked at and elbowed me.

I can take a joke and there’s plenty of fodder to make fun of when it comes to sugar addiction. Wearing my weakness on my website isn’t always easy but it does make me stronger. Still, I often wonder what people really think and say when I’m not around.

I didn’t bring up the subject at this party. They read my website and they brought it up. I just avoid sugar. In real life, Gwenn talks about me not eating sugar more than I do. In fact I keep it quiet because people think things. They think I’m going to police them. They think I’m judging them while they eat dessert. They think I think I’m better than they are. None of that is true and sometimes all of it is true.

Sugar addiction is funny that way. It’s also stupid. It’s annoying. It’s difficult. It’s frustrating. It’s real. It’s real. It’s real.

Comments · Sugar Addiction is Real

Connie R
Aug 14, 2010

I agree fully. Sugar addiction is stupid, annoying, difficult, frustrating, and very real. If I could eat one cookie, one bowl of ice cream, or one donut that would be my choice - I but I can’t so I don’t have any. I don’t judge others (most of the time) either and I don’t police them ever. I’m too busy being happy that I’m that craving the stuff anymore. Do I smile - you bet! I can say no thank you, walk away, and not think about it later. I could never do that before and that is why I continue to obstain from sugar.

DavidVanadia
Aug 14, 2010

Connie, I only food police my parents!