to one side and smile with chocolate smeared on my face and say, “aw, sorry, i have a demon monster inside me that is addicted to sugar because i’m scared of my feelings.” it’s way longer to say, first of all.
my sugar monster now only comes out about 25% of the time that it used to. now i understand not only the connection between sugar and the reward center of the brain, but also the mind, body, spirit connection to my need for comfort food. if i’m distracting myself with a sugar high, i’m running from some feeling my mind thinks is too scary to let me see. if my 