The Curse of the Cookies

So, my whole life I have had this terrible problem. Doctors are baffled by it's complexity. I cannot make chocolate chip cookies to save my life. I can make almost anything else (well my family would say that I also can't make biscuits but that was a one time thing and I have since redeemed myself) but I CAN'T make a good batch of cookies. Matt and I have been on this diet for our family challenge, but one night I broke down for want of sugar, and so you can imagine my dismay to see THIS pop out of the oven. I was in the depths of despair! Every Sunday since I was eight years old until I went to college I have made cookies and there is always something wrong with them! I cannot figure it out! I have a disease, and a horrible one! I watched my friend make cookies once and they were sooo good, then I went home with the same recipe and they turn out like crap! I mean look at those cookies! They are a wreck and I followed the recipe exactly! Oh when will the famine be over? These are the worst cookies I've made. Maybe I am being punished for eating them when I'm not supposed to be eating them!