TYGtoday
12-07-2010, 05:35 AM
From the chapter Withdrawal, Detoxification, and Beyond in the FAA Green Book, p. 41
A sponsor helps the food addicts understand and deal with the initial experience of abstinence. While our bodies heal from the toxic substances that we no longer ingest, we will run the gauntlet of emotions and physical discomforts. It is especially important at this time to be very gentle with ourselves. We will possibly have stomachaches, headaches, or dizziness. We may feel totally wiped out and need to sleep. We might experience flu-like symptoms. We may experience none of these things. Be careful! This is just what our bodies must tolerate in order to detoxify. This is when many of us would pick up "just a little" non-abstinent food to get some relief. Remember, when we do that, we must start the detoxification process all over again; we have only postponed the discomfort. The only way out is through detoxification.
Just think... if you never pick up sugar/flour/wheat again, you'll never have to detox again either!
Best wishes for a good recovery and happy, healthy abstinence! :D
TYGtoday
A sponsor helps the food addicts understand and deal with the initial experience of abstinence. While our bodies heal from the toxic substances that we no longer ingest, we will run the gauntlet of emotions and physical discomforts. It is especially important at this time to be very gentle with ourselves. We will possibly have stomachaches, headaches, or dizziness. We may feel totally wiped out and need to sleep. We might experience flu-like symptoms. We may experience none of these things. Be careful! This is just what our bodies must tolerate in order to detoxify. This is when many of us would pick up "just a little" non-abstinent food to get some relief. Remember, when we do that, we must start the detoxification process all over again; we have only postponed the discomfort. The only way out is through detoxification.
Just think... if you never pick up sugar/flour/wheat again, you'll never have to detox again either!
Best wishes for a good recovery and happy, healthy abstinence! :D
TYGtoday