Overeaters anonymous had been helpful for me, and it's not expensive to go to. You don't have to pay anything, you can donate a few dollars if you want and I love that it's other people struggling with the same issue helping each other.

thank you. i've looked into oa before. i wish there was a group in my area. i tried the online thing, but it didn't really help.

I have been binge eating every night. I think it is because I am numbing my emotions. I find it overwhelming to stop the urge once it comes on. I am trying to think how I could avoid it from coming on in the first place. I think it comes down to coping with my emotions for me. I feel like all these other techniques are bandaids. Which are good to stop the bleeding momentarily. But if you keep bleeding it gets tiring putting band aids on all of the time and sometime it bleeds through or the bandaid wont stay on. I would like to stop the bleeding somewhow. I dont doubt that things like eating healthy and keeping blood sugar helps some situations, but I feel for me, it is emotional eating. Maybe that is the first step to determine what is behind it so it can be fixed. Its hard for me to work with my feelings. I am so intellectual and I try to ignore my feelings and pain. I started chakra work but havent been sticking with anything I start on and I feel frustrated as hell with myself. If you could afford therapy, I would give that a shot, thats what I would do if I could. I just discovered Eckart Tolle "the power of now" he seems really interesting. Good luck,sorry for rambling :)

OMG, i know just what u mean 'bout the bandaid! i eat cuz of emotions too. let me know if u figure anything out for how to stop. :)

I guess that feeling of over fullness distracts your mind away from what's really bothering you. you done it once maybe to cover some other dark feelings, and then the next time you felt that way, and the next...now it's become a habit. We're creatures of habit after all, and of course it seems easier to cover up feelings than to confront them..
Habit can be broken in time, and in that time i hope you can realize why this really started to keep from it ever happening again.
Good luck to you. x