Natalie Speakman was a teenage drug addict and alcoholic.She got clean and sober  when she was 22 years old, but continued to smoke cigarettes for 18 months after.  And then her food and sugar consumption went way up.In this episode Natalie tells how she remembers that eating sugar made her feel "high" and gave her a shift in her mood. For years after she got sober, she used to eat desserts and sugar alone every night. The thing is, Natalie was very health conscious... but she was still eating lots of sugar.After 20 years of sugar addiction, Natalie decided to stop eating sugar, one day at a time. She tells about her recovery journey and her struggles with cravings and repetitive Day 1s. Natalie has been in 12-step programs since she was 17 years old, and that approach suits her. Now she is sugar free, and she still eats fruit and smoothies, but no added sugar. She now identifies herself as being sugar free. Find Natalie here: https://nataliemspeakman.com/Get my 5 tips for getting rid of cravings here.And for more guidance, support, and accountability to help you let go of sugar so that your intermittent fasting lifestyle becomes easy and natural, become a member of the After Sugar Club here!Plus check out my sponsor, Medicine with Heart, which is an international functional medicine clinic specializing in difficult chronic cases of hormone imbalance, Lyme disease, mold illness and digestive dysfunction. Sign up for a consultation with their team to see if they can help reverse your disease! You can find more about them at medicinewithheart.com.Functional Medicine International Clinic: https://medicinewithheart.com/ Functional Medicine Online Certification: mindbodyfunctionalmedicine.com