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The Holiday Torture is Over!!! Or Is It?

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Negative thoughts have a way of lying to us. However, a lot of that is learned behavior during childhood. Once we’ve grown up, we take all the misinformation we learned from our families and repeat the patterns of negative feelings and behaviors unless we break the chains that bind us.

John & The Diabetes Police

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John, the subject on everyone’s mind. He was diagnosed with diabetes when he was only 4 years old, and back then, he needed people around him to help him manage his diabetes. He believed that adults had his best interest at heart and didn’t mind suggestions about what to eat. As he got older, his…… Continue reading John & The Diabetes Police

“I can’t fall asleep,” Not yet…

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As I lay awake staring at the ceiling, I wonder, ‘why me?’ I have stared at that ceiling over a thousand times. Over the past 36 years. “I can’t fall asleep,” I tell myself. Not yet! Not YET!!!!! I scream in frustration. My eyes are tired but not yet. I check my blood sugar, and…… Continue reading “I can’t fall asleep,” Not yet…