Chet Day's Natural Health Circus: Sugar Addiction

Hi Chet,

It's a circus alright. I have been a sugar addict for as long as I remember. I got off all sugar in 1996, when my daughter was two and I definitely felt great. Of course, that one teensy-weensy scoop of ice cream did me in two years later and I gradually fell back into sugar addiction. I find mornings are easy to stay away from that stuff. Evenings are the hardest. However, now I am day four off the stuff. One thing that helped me in the past and is helping me now is tomato juice and V8 juice. It's tough, but the consequences are tougher. Health reasons aside, I don't want to be a enslaved to anything. So, forge ahead, on to a new day and a "unsugarless" high.

Do You Limit Yourself?

"If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise." Robert Fritz

I have a three inch statue of a giraffe on my desk. It is one of my mascots and always reminds me to stick out my neck and reach beyond the limit! What limits did you reach for today?

The Secret Behind Writing a Book

I have yet to meet someone who doesn't want to write a book! The problem is doing it! As I advise budding writers, War and Peace started with the first word, then the sentence followed. Everyday, write one sentence. That's it. If you want to write more, wonderful. It doesn't sound like much, but like single dollars, those sentences add up. Think of it this way, wanting to write will give you a goose egg; however, the act of writing, even one sentence will give you something concrete. Begin now! Who could say there’s no time to write one sentence?


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