has anyone here managed to overcome sugar addiction and return to a normal relationship with it?

i'm reading a lot about eating and food addiction and nutrition right now because every weight loss attempt keeps inevitably failing and after weeks of hard work i always end up right at my original weight. so i figured i'd do all the research i could on whatever different methods of eating and dieting are out there and one thing i keep stumbling across is the concept of food addiction and quitting sugar forever.

practically every source that discusses this topic claims that unless you quit sugar for good and commit to never eating sweets again, you will continue to suffer from cravings that will ultimately end up in a binge spirale and reset your progress. (obviously there are people who have no trouble eating sweets in moderation; but i am specifically talking about people who find it impossible not to eat cookies by the batch and have no self control around food).

this conclusion very much mirrors my own experiences. every attempt at losing weight ultimately fails, i go into binge mode, eat back in a week what i lost over two months and end up miserably hating myself. it's true that attempting to "only have sweets once a week" thus far has not worked out for me. still, the thought of quitting sweets forever seems hard to bear. sure, that makes it all the more likely i have a serious addiction to it. i'm willing to abstain, even for several months if necessary. but i am wondering if i can ever get to a point where i can be one of those people who can have a cookie at a party and be satisfied, without obsessively thinking about how to obtain more without seeming greedy, or getting home and inhaling half a jar of nutella. i do read a lot of criticism on these drastic takes as well, and sugar- or food addiction is still not scientifically confirmed to even exist.

so i'm curious to hear your input. have any of you been sugar addicted and managed to develop a normal relationship with it again, or is permanent abstinence really the only way?

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