Commitment

Committing to being Straight Edge honestly wasn't that hard for me when I decided to do it. I was in my mid 20's and didn't drink much to begin with, drugs were not a part of my life and smoking was repulsive to me. To me Straight Edge is defined by the phrase "Poison Free" and means to keep your body healthy. For longer than I was SxE I've had IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), Lactose Intolerance and one doctor even said that I may be Fat Intolerant too. Of the 4 doctors I've seen none have really helped. IBS has been something that has made eating and living not very fun at times. I've tried cutting things out of my diet and sometimes it never seemed like it was working.

I was recently shown a website (and accompanying book) called Breaking the Vicious Cycle which talks about changing your diet to limit complex sugars and grains that are difficult to digest properly, the diest is called the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD). I officially started the on January 1st and am still getting used to it. I've learned to make my own yogurt, mayonaise, and have restricted my packaged foods. I bought purely natural peanut butter and now use only honey as a sweetener. It is a quite a change for me; I love candy and sugary things, so getting rid of that and chocolate too is very very hard.

This diet is a new commitment for me that may very well be one of the hardest things I've ever done.