My taste buds are in heaven, but my stomach is in hell.

[Strider]

Why does all food made during the holidays have to include cream cheese? T.T

I felt extremely ill all last night from two days of too much sweet and rich foods. I could have abstained from these dishes, but I have an unfortunate lack of restraint when food is just spread about, ripe for the picking.

[c172]

I have been indulging in all manner of sweets, and unhealthy food, as I always do around Christmas and Thanksgiving. I wonder if anyone else is supposed to be dieting, but throws that out the window when visiting houses that have chocolates and cakes and pies and starchy foods and everything else you're not supposed to eat. It is wonderful to eat, but my stomach cries out in despair. Luckily there are some antacid pills to take to cut down on that.

I'm a total sweets whore. My favorite thing for lunch is supermarket sushi and a slice of cake. I really really want to learn to make a sacher torte.

Christmas seems to be different every year for me, but it doesn't have that association with sweets. Yesterday french toast and bacon for breakfast, and a chain pizza for lunch/dinner.

Easter and Halloween are both very problematic for m in this regard, though. On Easter, I bought and ate a pack of 5 Peeps, and I thought I was going to die! I just got really jacked up on sugar, and very suddenly.

On Halloween, I often buy a huge back of a mix of Mounds, Kit Kats, Milk Duds, and various other things. 150 pieces, usually. And I know full well I will not get trick or treaters, but I get the bag anyway, pretending I expect otherwise. Put it in the freezer (really, really good that way), and consume it over a week or less.

Lately, I've been on a Swedish Fish kick.

[vorlon13]

Might just be urban legend, but it really does seem like most 12 Steppers I encounter are sugar fiends too. I know I am. I've 99% attended gay AA meetings, so I don't know for sure, but I've had more than 1 report of hetero 12 Steppers being prone to sex addiction too

As for the gays, it's a tough call to make, as far as I'm concerned the demographics are still messed up from HIV, and aren't going to equalize in my lifetime, so difficult to say what the % are either way. My age range is underrepresented at 12 Steppers by (my estimation) 25-50%, so it's not clear to me where, as a group, we are on the curve.

One of the best descriptions I've encountered regarding how we experience alcohol is that those of us with a problem only feel the effects of it as long as our BAC is increasing, steady or declining levels has no effect. I think something similar might occur with sweets, as long as the blood levels are ramping up, we're happy campers. After gorging on sweets, there is no feeling of satiety. So, we all have a sweet tooth too, it's part of the package.