I love wine gums. Adore them. I covet them when they are on sale. I don't like the small tiny roll of wine gums, I want the bag. I tell myself that they will last forever. I'll savor each one, saving the black ones for last.
This is not the way it works. I buy the bag and restrain myself from eating them until I get home. Then I dive into them. I pull them out by the handful. I eat them one by one but they go down fast. My mouth and jaw work in overtime as I devour these delicious little candies. There's something about the chewy stick to your teeth goodness that I love. I keep going back for more, until half the bag is gone and then I shove them into the back of the cupboard and swear I won't eat anymore until later in the evening.
5 minutes later I am back in the cupboard following the same ritual.
I did this yesterday. And immediately felt ill. I got a terrible tummy ache. My body started aching. My head started to hurt. I got really tired and had a nap on the couch.
I have never reacted to a wine gum overdose like this. I sometimes get a little tummy ache and my teeth hurt a little bit but never this severe physical backlash from my body.
I ended up missing yoga because of this.
Yesterday, I hit rock bottom on my addiction to wine gums.