white sugar. bad bad bad

when i was vegan a long time ago i didn't eat anything made with white, refined sugar. i spent a lot of time in the grocery store reading the labels of everything. there is sugar in a lot of stuff. i also went on a crazy crusade trying to make vegan desserts taste as good as the dairy, refined sugar kind. then i fell of my vegan trip (2 and 1/2 years without cheese. brutal) then i fell off my vegetarian trip (after 10 years i found myself dreaming of bacon. even while i was awake. i had bacon on the brain.) for awhile it was like i never had ideals when it came to food. i just shoved sustenance down my throat. i searched portland for the best cheeseburger (blue spoon. yum) when i was in atlanta shit went way down. i ate southern food like i had never eaten before. in the past 6 months however i have been trying to cut white sugar out again, slowly. i started with coffee. i love coffee. i live for coffee. i love making coffee in the best ever french press. i love coffee with cream and sugar. i have been using organic sweet agave nectar to sweeten my coffee. it's more expensive then sugar but i love it. it makes my coffee taste earthier and more dank. and, as i am slowly cutting out sugar i can feel the difference. sugar is as addicting as cigarettes, booze and drugs for some people. my sister has issues with sugar and she has these crazy sugar binges and it has affected her life since high school. which was forever ago for her :) it's a challenge but i urge you all to try for one week not to eat anything with refined sugar. eat fruit. sweeten with agave nectar or some thing like... use unrefined sugar. eat more fruit. soda? bad! water? good.