Food Addiction Support Group
An individual suffering from a food addiction disorder frequently experiences episodes of uncontrolled eating, or binging, during which they may feel frenzied or out of control. They will eat much more quickly than is normal, and continue to eat even past the point of being uncomfortably full. Binging in this way is generally followed by a period of intense guilt feelings...
hey-i started writing this sunday, and finished it monday. i was frustrated over the ridiculous number of food ads on tv. even when i shut the tv off and turned on the radio, the first thing i heard was a taco bell commercial. so i went to DS to talk, and there it was again. an ad for oatmeal next to the "discussions" forum in-ironically-the "food addiction" group. it made not bingeing twice in one day damn near impossible. but i got through it, thank god! on wednesdays, i flip back and forth between "glee" and "svu" because they air in the same time slot, and we don't have tivo. i am not kidding. at one point during glee, FIVE food ads aired in a row...pizza hut, red lobster, olive garden, total, and kashi go lean. why does ANYONE need to air FIVE food ads in a row?!!!that's insane!-fallon
#73 "No Escape"
Today was not a good day
After eighteen long days of climbing the addiction mountain
I have jumped back into the pit
Sometimes, I feel like there is no escape
Because it never goes away
I never get a break
From the constant flood of ads
Telling me I must be this tall
Weigh this much
With bleach blonde flowing hair
I shouldn't even care what the world thinks
But somehow I always do
Even though I know
The world's definition of beauty isn't the truth
Somehow I've always bought into the lies
That I am not pretty
I am fat
I am not good enough
That I somehow deserved Mom hurting me so much
Even though I know im my spirit it's all untrue
These are the lies I bought into
So to escape I buried it all
With pizza, popcorn, and fudge balls
I didn't like the pounds I gained
But I did it to get rid of the pain
Eating made it all go away
Somehow I thought the food was safe
I was being treated like a waif
A ragdoll to be tossed around
Alittle girl who spent more time lost than found
So I ate to cover up all the pain
I ate till I was numb
And couldn't feel a thing
But even as I try to get well
Even as I pray and ask Jesus to help me out of this brand of Hell
There is still bo escape
Food is everywhere
On T.V.
On the raduo
Online
I went to the support group to find my sanity
And there it was again
Staring at me
An ad for Carribean cream pie oatmeal
I wanted to scream
What is wrong with society?
Why is it ok for food to be in front of me all the time?
Why can't I watch "Glee" for five minutes without seeing a fast food ad?
God this makes me so mad!
People wonder why I'm addicted
Yes
This started because I've been hurt
But take a second and look at the workd
If a girl has a break up, she heads for the ice cream
If a kid played a good game
It's pizza
And years later when these people are heavy
They wonder who to blame
These are the things I have learned
As I get up to climb this mountain today
There is no easy escape
So me and God will make our own way
Fallon Marie
#73 "No Escape"
Today was not a good day
After eighteen long days of climbing the addiction mountain
I have jumped back into the pit
Sometimes, I feel like there is no escape
Because it never goes away
I never get a break
From the constant flood of ads
Telling me I must be this tall
Weigh this much
With bleach blonde flowing hair
I shouldn't even care what the world thinks
But somehow I always do
Even though I know
The world's definition of beauty isn't the truth
Somehow I've always bought into the lies
That I am not pretty
I am fat
I am not good enough
That I somehow deserved Mom hurting me so much
Even though I know im my spirit it's all untrue
These are the lies I bought into
So to escape I buried it all
With pizza, popcorn, and fudge balls
I didn't like the pounds I gained
But I did it to get rid of the pain
Eating made it all go away
Somehow I thought the food was safe
I was being treated like a waif
A ragdoll to be tossed around
Alittle girl who spent more time lost than found
So I ate to cover up all the pain
I ate till I was numb
And couldn't feel a thing
But even as I try to get well
Even as I pray and ask Jesus to help me out of this brand of Hell
There is still bo escape
Food is everywhere
On T.V.
On the raduo
Online
I went to the support group to find my sanity
And there it was again
Staring at me
An ad for Carribean cream pie oatmeal
I wanted to scream
What is wrong with society?
Why is it ok for food to be in front of me all the time?
Why can't I watch "Glee" for five minutes without seeing a fast food ad?
God this makes me so mad!
People wonder why I'm addicted
Yes
This started because I've been hurt
But take a second and look at the workd
If a girl has a break up, she heads for the ice cream
If a kid played a good game
It's pizza
And years later when these people are heavy
They wonder who to blame
These are the things I have learned
As I get up to climb this mountain today
There is no easy escape
So me and God will make our own way
Fallon Marie
There is no easy escape. I can only hope that when obesity becomes even more of a problem in our society than it already is, that people rebel and our culture starts to change.