Yoga for Healing: December 2009

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Are You a Sugar Addict?

Just about every addicition has its handy questionaire that you will likely lie on the first time you take it. An astronout's wife took a similar alcoholism quiz in Cosmopolitan and when she finally stopped lying to herself, she checked herself into rehab. In the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, the actress playing this woman depicted her as taking the quiz with a double rum and cola or other similar drink in hand. I will submit to you that if you take this quiz while eating a donut that you are addicted and don't have to finish the quiz. Get help now!!!
For the rest of you, this quiz is worded so that the answer that shows your healthy lifestyle is True and there are twelve questions.
Personally, I thought (or was justifying) that eating fruit was a healthy alternative. Perhaps, but not 6-8 pieces per day!!! I am a confessed sugar junkie. Now I'm dealing with it with the help of an incredibly talented healer in the area...I'm feeling better and better.
Let me know how you fair...sugar junkie or culinary saint.

1. I don't eat refined sugar every day.   T    F
2. I can go more than a day without eating some kind of sugar-containing food. T   F
3. I never have cravings for sugar, coffee, chocolate, peanut butter, or alcohol. T F
4. I've never hidden sweets around the house so I can eat them later. T F
5. I can stop after eating one bite of pastry or one piece of candy. T F
6. There are times when I have no sugar around the house. T   F
7. I can have sweets in the house without eating them. T F
8. I can go at least 3 hours without eating without shakes, fatigue or bad moods. T   F
9. I do not eat something sweet after every meal. T F
10. I rarely drink coffee or eat donuts or sweet rools for breakfast T   F
11. I can go more than an hour after waking without eating. T   F
12. I don't drink sweetened soft drinks every day. T F

For the record, if you answered four of these questions FALSE then stop lying and seek help for your sugar addiction.

If you answered between 1 and 3 queations as FALSE then you may develop and addiction later, unless you lied.

Zero FALSE answers means you don't have a problem, unless you lied. Con on, fess up!!!

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