It started innocently.
Sick of being so regimented and craving balance, I decided to try dark chocolate, and I don’t mean 55% cacao. I’m talking about the 85-90% cacao.
It was wonderful! A square of it here and there, shared with my husband, was the delirium I wanted. To share in the exotic bliss of chocolate, lightly sweetened with sugar.
But one square at each sitting became, “Oh, two squares is okay,” which became, “Well since we’re sharing it we might as well eat the whole thing,” which then became me eating entire …

Um, I went back to the white stuff.
One of only three things I’ve ever regretted in my life.
Things are NOT good.
Eagerly anticipating writing a nice long explanation of what happened. And what I plan to do about it.
Stay tuned. 

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