kicking alcohol!

Don't go cold turkey! Slowly wean yourself off. Say you eat 59g of sugar a day- the next day try to cut it down to 55g etc. Challenge yourself to eat less & less sugar each day. Im a recovering alcholic (still binge every week). Since I know I will binge I try to stay away from as much sugar as I can for the rest of the week.

You're strong. Good luck.

Firstly, congratulations for going into treatment and facing your demons head on.

Right now, I think it's more important to keep yourself free from alcohol. My gosh, you're 'only' one week into sobriety - do one thing at a time and give yourself credit for what you've achieved! Alcoholism will kill you a lot quicker than sugar/refined carbs. Have you spoken to anybody on your team about this?

Keep up with the sobriety! That should be your main goal,above all else. If you ate sugar like you drank alcohol, would you have the troubles that you're going through now?

My husband has been sober almost 5 years now. I thank him every day for his sobriety, it's more important than anything, ANYTHING! in his life. He eats a big bowl of ice cream every night. I buy half gallons two at a time, we go through so much ice cream in this house. I wouldn't care if he ate nothing but ice cream for the rest of his life, simply because he's SOBER!

Eat ALL THE FRUIT YOU WANT. Do it. Just do it! Go for a walk or bike ride or lift some weights afterward.
Just lay off the hootch.

I think that trying to "beat sugar addiction" is a form of self sabotage. Especially while you're so early into your recovery, and especially with your history of relapse.

Have the one goal. 90 AA meetings in 90 days.
Complete the one goal.
THEN make a new goal.

Focus on your sobriety. That's the most important thing right now. You will have so much going on emotionally in the next 6 months to a year, that that is ALL you should be concerned about quitting right now. Thus the slogan you will hear over and over again in AA, "First things First".
I wish you the very best! You've got this!
11.5 years sober

Do not take on too much when it comes to addictions. Definitely focus on your sobriety. I have been there. It will be 4 years this October that I have been sober, but it should have been going on 7 years. 4 years ago, found out that a childhood friend of mine was murdered in cold blood. Wrong place, wrong time. Single mother of 4, and was 6 months from getting her Bachelors. For 2 weeks I was in a drunken stupor, and my diet, well if you call it eating. Was more like oozing. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, with crap food in between. Once I picked myself up (again) I took everything slow, and you have to do the same. Never go cold turkey, it has to be a gradual process so your body can adjust to it. Baby steps, and doing the best you can do. :-)

Try reading 'Living Sober'. As most have said already focus on your sobriety. Give yourself some time and give yourself a break. It is easy to get caught up in the pattern of trying to fix everything about yourself. I am 18 months sober and have managed to stop eating sugar and quit smoking, but I didn't even try that until I had six months sobriety and didn't actually stop till after a year.

Easy does it. My son went through two months of treatment, two months at a halfway house, two months living with me (where his diet began to improve) and he is now 8.5 months sober. I joined him and have stopped drinking since New Years. Too much family history with alcohol so gave it up. Had some cravings but those are gone now.

Wheat Belly says the wheat we are eating now causes cravings, which makes sense to me. So, I have gone gluten free and just eat real food now. Fruit, vegies, lean meats, whole grains with occasional cheat treat for my inner child to be happy.

First things first, embrace the 12 steps, get a sponsor, do the inner work that needs to be done that drove you to drink....emotional sobriety is a big part of recovery. I go to Adult Children of Alcoholics, Al-Anon, AA and CODA. All give a different lense to look through.

Sugar right now is far far better for you than alcohol is. Part of the process of recovery. Every day you stay sober, you will have options and choices to create the life you want, one day at a time.

You go girl!

Good job taking care of yourself. You can do it!