My mother, who has diabetes, used food to aid her through stressful times. Hers is type II diabetes. Knowing that I am her daughter and that I am most likely going to get this disease as well I know that I cannot do the same. So when I get depressed or stressed out I tend to work on whatever craft project I have going at that time and make sure that I am around people and get out. If I do eat as part of boredom I try to make sure its fruit or popcorn or even just water.
I see how much trouble my mother has with her diabetes and know that she is far better off tha others afflicted but at the same time I know that I don't want to be just like her when I 'grow up'.
