Food Addiction Support Group

I was watching Oprah the other day, and, although she was talking to a drug addict, not a food addict, the drug addict said something that really really got me thinking. He said "Relapse is a part of recovery".

That really encouraged me, because I always beat myself up after I relapse, and I've been relapsing a lot and have really gained weight and am really feeling ugly and fat and pretty embarassed at my weight.

But, when I heard the drug addict say that (he's been clean for many years now), I realized something: relapse is a part of recovery, it will happen, and I shouldn't beat myself up about it.

I mean, I think that everytime I relapse and binge, it does serve a purpose in my recovery because I always learn something: I learn what tempts me, I learn that I eat when stressed, I learn what works and what doesn't work for my recovery, I learn what kind of food I can't eat without binging (sugar), I learn what kind of exersize I actually enjoy, I learn how crappy I feel when I binge, I learn how enjoyable activities other then binging make me feel, etc.....

Anyway, just wanted to share because I know a lot of us beat ourselves up when we relapse....
Posted on 06/12/09, 04:06 am