Day 3: Working On My Overhaul

Along with being an alcoholic, I am also a Type II diabetic. As with many diabetics, my diet was filled with sweets and fattening foods over the holidays and my elevated blood sugar levels was the price I paid for the indulgence. Fortunately, I’m relatively active and my sugar levels respond well and quickly to exercise and a healthy diet. My doctor has told me that “exercise is the best prescription for diabetes” and I believe her. It’s incredible to see the change in blood sugar levels after a day of moderate to heavy exercise! Monday I cleared out all the sweets in the house and started to work out at the gym. I already feel much better and have an added benefit to my recovery from the new regimen. A drink is the last thing on my mind when I leave the gym feeling healthier and more energized than when I came in. I plan to continue this regimen, allowing myself periodic “splurges” to indulge my sweet tooth to keep myself in the real world of Judi – not the artificial world of the Perfect Judi. Striving for perfection is a quality many in recovery have and it’s just so unrealistic and damning to staying on track. I’m being realistic and remind myself daily that “my best” is good enough as long as I’m really trying and applying myself to the program principles “in all my affairs”. In my next post I’ll give you as brief a synopsis as possible on my 40+ year drinking career and the jackpots, low points and utter self-hate that it brought me to. By no means am I unique from anyone with an addiction and I’ve always found it so very helpful to my recovery hearing other women (and men) share their stories which reaffirms to me every time, that I’m not alone in this boat. I need to remember always that God’s steering my boat and I need to do the rowing.