I'm on housewife's crack. A legal stimulant, but just about as addictive and hard to kick as heroine I'm sure. Caffeine or sugar are the drugs of choice when feeling particularly sluggish, sore and unmotivated. Nothing cures the pain of fibromyalgia (or motherhood) like slamming one back in the morning.
I told my husband I am absolutely sure that sugar, while helping me become more unhealthy in the long-term, is a short term fix for anything that ails me. It's an analgesic for sure - a painkiller divine. I know caffeine helps kill headaches, but for all over pain it's sugar. Not even from chocoloate necessarily (we've all heard of the healing powers of chocolate, right?), but from the sugar or a mix of the two.
And what about when you mix sugar with caffeine? A mocha latte, a 20 ounce Mountain Dew or a caramel chocolate Freddo (iced coffee from Peet's, a local coffee shop). See? Chocolate, caffeine and sugar is a temporary cure-all.
You get a great buzz and super mom kicks in. I don't feel the pain. All I hear is a slight buzz and the beating of my tachycardic heart. I'm able to chop down unruly rose bushes, hang laundry, clean the bathroom, and float through the messy kitchen clean-up while singing and dancing to my favorite tunes in just over an hour.
But man when you come down, you come down hard. Hence the reason it's time to break for another infusion of housewife's crack.
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