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Hello, reader! So glad you could join us. Please, come in. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and grab a seat.

Sugar? Uh, no, we can't give you any sugar for your coffee. In fact, that's why we asked you to come down here. Are you familiar with the concept of an intervention?

You are? Good, because frankly, we're very concerned about the amount of sugar you're consuming. For example, just the other day, we watched you eat a cookie — and all by yourself, too! Then, to top it all off, you washed it down with a jug of

Listen, we know this is tough to hear, but it's coming from a place of love. Heck, if we didn't care about you, we wouldn't even be here, and we certainly wouldn't show you Budget Direct's tips for beating sugar addiction, which we've embedded below.

OK, we get it. You don't have to say anything right now. Just promise us you'll take a look at Budget Direct's tips, alright? And before you leave, your cousin Sheila wants to read you a letter she wrote about the time you ate her entire birthday cake and rearranged all the furniture in her living room.

Then you can go. We promise.