Bonnie - I can relate in so many ways... Every tradition in my family has a 'special' food associated with it. It has been very hard to break the habits. Here is something my grandfather sent me which has helped me:
A schoolmaster once said to his pupils that he would give a prize to the boy who would make the best piece of composition in five minutes on “How to overcome habit”. When the time had expired a lad stood up and said: “Well, sir, habit is hard to overcome. If you take off the first letter it does not change ‘abit’. If you take off another letter, you still have a ‘bit’ left. If you take off still another, the whole if ‘it’ remains. If you take off still another, the whole of it is not used up, all of which goes to show that if you want to get rid of habit, you must throw it off altogether.
Thank you for sharing your struggle and accomplishments... be proud of yourself!!!
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