Cobwebs and Illusions
We compulsive over eaters react to refined sugar and starches as an alcoholic reacts to alcohol. When we were overeating, our thinking was foggy. The more we ate, the more confused we became. We often lived in a world of cobwebs and illusions and were unable to separate fact from fantasy.
This cloudy thinking caused all sorts of complications in our relationships with others and lowered our general level of efficiency. We found ourselves becoming very angry and irrational when events did not go our way. We often made life miserable for our families, taking out our anger on them. Sometimes we escaped into a world of fantasy where we would be omnipotent and where our every whim would be indulged…
I don’t think there is any better way to start my writing than on this excerpt from today’s “Food for Thought”.
When I was in a fog with sugar and starches, constantly feeding myself them, I couldn’t see through the clouds. No matter how hard I tried I was still stuffing down my feelings and going further into the fog with these toxic substances. I do have a problem with alcohol, of course I do! It’s loaded with carbohydrates and sugar!
Fantasy? I LIVED in my fantasies when it came to everything in life, because I didn’t want to face my feelings. Then I’d deal with real people and I would have the expectations of them from my fantasies. Hello! Not realistic…no wonder I was always frustrated with people, and with life. Thank God I can be abstinent, have a clear head and be living in reality, not fantasy!!!
Do you feel the same way like you are in a fog with sugar and starches? Or are you abstinent? Share if you like!
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