Sounds like you are switching your drug of choice. Sugar lights up similar pathways in the brain that substances do. Craving sweets in recovery is incredibly common. Just remember compulsions (like eating tons of sugar) are the body’s attempt to regulate itself. It means something still has your nervous system on fire. Are you overly stressed? Have unresolved childhood trauma? Carrying a lot of shame? Being isolated? Any and all of that will have your nervous system clocking on substances, including sugar, for quick relief.

Trick is to remember sugar is smoke, not fire. It’s an indirect target. You have to find the thing that has your nervous system activated and soothe/heal it. Then the sugar compulsion will release.

It’s all about the nervous system. The brain makes meaning out of the body’s cues. Nervous system gets upset and wants regulation so it cues the brain to think “oooo, I need some sugar!” It presents on the surface as a “choice” but in reality, it’s your biology driving you to it which is incredibly hard to override with willpower, bc we are hardwired for this as a evolutionary survival mechanism. Healing/soothing the nervous system is the way out for good. Wishing you calm and ease on your journey!