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Abstinent Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday when I was a child. Growing up in California, I remember the playful ritual of […]

Holding on to Character Defects

I am back in England visiting my father, sitting in the bedroom of the house he moved into about 20 […]

Never Immune

After three-and-a-half years of back-to-back abstinence, I figured I had arrived. Five sponsees, leadership roles in my area intergroup, service positions at committed meetings, […]

My Life… in Containers

I have been in FA for over a year, and so far the journey has been amazing, interesting, and at […]

Ins and Outs

I realized I had a problem with food when one bite was never enough. Even though I was not hungry, […]

Addicted to Isolation

Twelve years ago, when I came into Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, I lived only for food binges. Food was […]

No Escape Plan

About six-and-a-half years into recovery, I started dating a man who turned out to be an alcoholic and had panic […]

Suit Up and Show Up

I started FA17 months ago. Especially at the beginning of my recovery, my sponsor would say to me over and […]

Fueling Up

It was always my dream to be able to eat whatever I wanted, without consequence. The “consequence” I had in […]

Persistent Resister

I was 21, bulimic, and beaten by food, but not beaten quite enough to be willing to take suggestions from […]

Spiritual Wash

One recent Sunday, I hung my washing outside in our lovely South African sun to dry. When it was time […]

I Never Felt Satisfied

I depended on my thumb for comfort until I was in fourth grade. My mother says I was a picky […]

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