This year, Christmas nearly killed me! The sugar, the flour, the turkey, the eggnog. OH! The excess!!! I felt like Hunter S. Thompson in his famously lucid and hallucinogenic Las Vegas adventure except instead of illegal drug trips, my stimulants can be purchased at the local grocery store.
I frequently tripped out to the goodie trays. Overdosing on the white stuff (sugar, I mean) sent me soaring high. I felt such a rush of power and confidence. I could do anything as long as I had sugar! An hour or two later, I would crash so low it was almost impossible to carry on with the day. My mind was foggy, my body bloated and everything happened really s-l-o-w-l-y. Breaking up post christmas kid squabbles, tackling the mound of dishes, enjoying head clearing walks out in beautiful nature became utterly unattainable without the additional stimulation of that other over-the-counter pick-me-up, caffein. And so a pattern began to emerge; sugar ups followed by sugar lows which were then curbed by a necessary caffein pick me up and rounded out with a terrible night’s sleep.
Turning Ground 
Ugh sugar is the worst! I mistaked my sugar addiction as a caffine addiction for so long. This soup looks amazing though thanks for sharing x
M
Yeah those two evils work well together don’t they? It’s so hard to get off of sugar, but when I do the world tastes so much better! Worth the effort in the end.