don't know what to do....

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Hi everyone,

I need help. I feel like I'm in a never-ending vicious cycle. I've been aware

of intuitive eating for a few years now. I've read books about it as well as

about emotional eating. I feel like I know how to do it, yet I guess I just

can't commit to giving it a real shot. I'm not really sure why. My biggest

excuse I think is that I feel like I have a sugar addiction and IE won't work

for me because that food gives me such intense cravings that I binge just about

every time I eat it. So, IE ends up turning into " intuitive eating as long as I

don't eat this or that food " , which I'm sure is NOT intuitive eating. This also

gives such a power to certain foods (mainly sweets) that I am honestly scared of

them. I feel absolutely out of control. I feel helpless and I don't know what

to do.

I've been trying to diet on and off for several months...no, i take that back,

it's been many years. I've had small successes where I've avoided sugar for a

few weeks and I've felt so much more in control of my life and happy. But now I

can't even make it half a day without it. It's sad that it's turned into a drug

for me.

I feel like this is rock bottom. I'm SO mentally drained by this obsession that

it's stealing my life away from me. It's stealing my happiness. With my

limited financial resources, getting counseling is out of the question.

Can anyone please share some advice that may help? I'm so tired of hating

myself and I want my life back...

Thank you,

J