I don't think I personally had an addiction to sugar in the literal sense, but I was always hungry.

My bads were more the grain-based foods, the bread, pasta, rice, noodles, etc. None of these things were sweet tasting, but still full of carbs. And since they were in the "eat most" section of the healthy food pyramid that defined my childhood, that's what I was encouraged to eat in order to lose weight. Like David Bowie once sang, I was putting out the fire with gasoline.

I absolutely recognise that sugar can be addictive though. Everyone - myself included - knows someone with a self-confessed "sweet tooth".