Me. Yes, I’m calling an intervention for myself. I have an addiction, and while it might not be the worst addiction in the world, it’s still an addiction that could have bad consequences… and I need to overcome it.
Sugar.
Go ahead and laugh, but it’s true. It comes in so many tempting forms – and so far about the only form I can actually resist is the pure white grainy stuff. (Who knows how long before I start spooning it down like that, though?) But if you put it into pies, cakes, cookies, brownies, sweet bread, M&M’s or any other form, I am almost helpless before it.
This is probably amusing to many of you (and I don’t take myself so seriously that I can’t smile about it, too), but I am actually quite serious about kicking this addiction. So I am just putting you all on notice that I’m going to be avoiding all forms of sugar for the next 30 days, including most kinds of carbohydrates. After that I hope to be much more moderate about my sugar intake.
I am embarrassed to share this, but I think it will help me to avoid sugar if you are all aware of what I’m trying to do. Go ahead and mock me – it will probably help.
Your encouragement and support is appreciated. Don’t feel bad about eating sugar in front of me, though – this is my mountain to climb, as they say.
(Sent the above email to my office on 4/10/12)
Keep writing, blogger man!
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