hey Katielee: 'When Food is Love' - or any of the books by Geneen Roth. i think a lot of people on this website would agree that her books are a great place to start.

one i just finished, not specifically about food addictions, is 'You Can Heal Your Life' it is about finding the self-love and self-acceptance to motivate you to change. it deals alot with self-talk and using affirmations to change your way of thinking. some people are open to this idea and some aren't.

Absolutely agree with Sooo - Geneen Roth is awesome.
Also, a great book that has helped many is Overcoming Binge Eating by Dr. Christopher Fairburn - this has helped me alot and has some great tips in it.

Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery, Lindsay Hall

It has a three week plan for stopping binging or binge/purging in the back. It gives you things to work on every day. It gives you suggestions for things to do instead of binging every day. No claims to cure, but it is a great place to start.

Overcoming Binge Eating. It is very good, I am only on Chapter 2 (started it about a month ago-dont have much time to read)

thanks everyone! I just went to amazon and ordered the ones suggested! thanks!

All I want to know is are any of those self help books helping any of you? I think I would give them a go if they are in the long run.

It helped me when I was sticking with it. Any fault lay more with me and not with the book, I think. 'Cause you need that motivation in there. I think books are great, but books are probably better when paired with a support group or therapy, because a book is too easy to put down or walk away from. People aren't so easy.