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Sugar is as Addictive as COCAINE?? WHAT!!???

MAN!!!!! This hits home!!! This past January, I was standing in line at Target with just a few healthy items in my basket as I was on day 3 of the Beachbody Ultimate Reset, but ohhhh Target...the smell of popcorn, the very lonnnnggggg candy aisle, the sales of the post Christmas holiday candy! TEMPTATIONS EVERYWHERE!!! I went back and forth over and over and OVER in my head, I'll get a bag of candy and have just one piece. It's JUST ONE, RIGHT? Oh, just ONE piece of candy...like ONE alcoholic drink for an alcoholic or ONE hit of cocaine for a drug addict. JUST ONE, RIGHT? JUST ONE???? WRONG!!!! This day was a HUGE eyeopener for me....I was battling my inner thoughts and desires of the oh so highly addictive SUGAR while my best friend was battling his addiction with drugs. I finally understood the battle in his head that he went through and to this day and every day from here on out will go through with the "It's JUST ONE." With any addictive substance, ONE leads t...