Tag Archives: breaking addictions

Neural Plasticity

Posted on August 16, 2015 by dcarmack

There is hope for you. No matter how long you have had the habit it is possible to break out of it. My own addiction to sugar is a case in point. Your habit of thinking the worse of every … Continue reading →

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So Little Time

Posted on April 25, 2015 by dcarmack

So many stories, so little time to discuss every issue that they raise. First issue is MY relationship and THE relationship between alcohol and sugar. The first time I read the Atkin’s diet book, back around 2003, I noticed that while … Continue reading →

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I Am Not Ashamed

Posted on April 21, 2015 by dcarmack

This weekend at work a colleague saw me eating a snack cake. He lit into me about how I was violating my diet, and that he wanted to see an article about how it was okay to eat a snack … Continue reading →

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My Secret Is Out

Posted on April 19, 2015 by dcarmack

“My secret is out, now I can finally quit!” These are the words that go through an addict’s head the second that his secret using or hidden bad behavior is discovered. It doesn’t matter what your addiction is, be it … Continue reading →

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The American Treatment Industry

Posted on March 19, 2015 by dcarmack

Try to figure out the success rate of a twelve step program for any compulsive disorder, be it drugs, alcohol, sex, gambing, eating. Alcoholics Anonymous, for instance, keeps no records of who is a member, for their privacy of course, … Continue reading →

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Sharing a Lucky Streak

Posted on March 15, 2015 by dcarmack

I watched a movie from the 80s in which a habitual gambler gets a sure-thing tip on a horse from a friend, he bets the horse and wins. Thing is he has a gambling problem and shouldn’t be betting but … Continue reading →

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Ribs, Ribs, Ribs

Posted on March 9, 2015 by dcarmack

Nothing is better than a daily diet that includes pork ribs. Kansas City has a couple of the best rib joints in the world. Conveniently for me the best rib joint in a thousand miles is close by, Jack Stack. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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Balance Should Be A Four-Letter Word

Posted on February 15, 2015 by dcarmack

The idea of balance is one of the greatest impediments to eating right and losing unhealthy weight. It is hard to feel like you are feeding yourself and your family right if there aren’t ‘healthy’ vegetables and starches on the … Continue reading →

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Back in the News

Posted on December 23, 2014 by dcarmack

Sugar addiction gets another shoutout in this morning’s New York Times. Substance use disorders, defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, exist when at least two to three symptoms from a list of 11 are present. In … Continue reading →

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It Might Be Simple, But It’s Sure Not Easy

Posted on December 20, 2014 by dcarmack

Losing weight is not hard to do–on paper. All you have to do is eat less calories than you burn. Eating fewer calories is easy, all you have to do is stop eating sugar, but you have to eat something. … Continue reading →

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