When it gets really hard....

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Dear Betty and Marjie,

Just a couple thoughts on your posts.

You need strategies for times like these. Never imagine you can 'wing it'

and come up smelling like the proverbial rose every time. When candy bars

beckon there are other things wrong. Figure out what's is really 'calling'

you or 'itching' and find a way to manage/scratch it. In the meantime you

need RELIABLE ways to distract yourself. Sometimes it only takes 5 or 10

minutes to move on to something else, sometimes all day. But once you get by

the rough patch you'll look back and realize that it was so much more

possible than it felt at the time. Every time you manage one of those bad

patches you'll be stronger for the next one. But it's probably never going

to be impossible to be tempted. At least not for most of us.

You are brave to share your trials and tribulations. I have them too,

believe me. It helps everyone learn. ;o)

Carol