I experience the sugar cycle every day too and have since I was a child. But I know that I cannot give up on sugar forever. One year I gave up sweets for one full year. My friend and I made a pledge to not eat sweets for an entire year . If we failed to keep the promise , we had to give the other person $500.00 . That was and still is a lot of money for me, so it certainly was an incentive to fulfill my promise ! EVERY SINGLE NIGHT I dreamt about ALMOST putting some sweet treat in my mouth, but at the last second, pushing it away. But day 366? I went right back to eating sweets. So I know that total abstinence from sugar does not work for me. I still continue to come up with a system of moderation with sweet eating that will work for me. Still I am very glad that you are being successful with an approach that works for you. Good work, and thanks for sharing your experiences with sugar addiction so honestly.