Food Addiction Support Group

Hi, I have struggled for years with compulsive eating and the "Whys", but now I am free form compulsive eating through a daily maintenance in a 12 step program geared toward food.
and giving up my control to God. it works and I am amazed..
We take it one day a time and ask God for grace and to take away the obsession to over eat. You can do this but we first have to surrender and admit we are powerless over the behavior before we are willing to really surrnder and give recovery a chance.

First and foremost, you are all very smart. I loved reading your replies to sunngals post (and I loved reading your post, sunnygal). I am on day 22 of recovery after 14 years of bulimia. Once I realized I was a food addict (or accepted it), the more at peace I feel.

Everyday is hard. But the hardest times are the weekends (unstructured time), long car trips (boring), 2pm, 4pm and 8-9pm.

After a lot of research, I realized that gluten was acting like an opiate. We are addicted. We are addicts. No different than a heroin addict or alcoholic. Gluten makes me want to abuse food. Although the urges are still there, I don't have the drive to physically NEED to eat more.
I can stop. For the first time in 14 (or more) years. I can stop.

Overeaters annonymous is a good starting point. We have all admitted by being here that we have a problem, an addiction. Isn't that step 1? Let's keep working these steps.

I am new to the site, am a food addict and am hoping to gain insight and healing through this site and you folks. I can completely relate to everything said here and have become fearful of weekends because of the havoc they wage on my mental state. I love and hate food and hate knowing that I have an entire weekend ahead of me to battle it out with the carbs and fats.

Hi there!
I read the 12steps program, and alcoholics anonymous book. Very helpful. I had joined OA and found having a sponsor most helpful. Need one person who has been abstinent to turn to and confide in. It's an addiction! I came to this group tonight to join as a support for abstinence. It is so painfully hard sometimes!
OA was working, and then I got pregnant which was such a blessing. Ate so well!! Still eating well since I am nursing, but sugar is now an issue. And people don't understand when they say, "oh just one bit won't hurt!" I want to yell YES IT WILL!! Do you tell an alcoholic, oh you've done so well, here, have a shot and a beer, you deserve it??? I find meditating each morning very helpful!