A STORY OF RECOVERY FROM FOOD ADDICTION

Out of the Mouths of Babes….

When my first child was around two and a half, I remember driving on the highway with him strapped into the child seat in the rear. I was having road rage at a passing driver, when all of a sudden I heard Josh say, “Mommy, you need to say the “renity prayer.”

A little while later I was home in the kitchen arguing with my husband. I must have been really yelling at him, when Josh said, “Mommy, you ought to call your “ponsor.”

He is now 21 years old, with almost two solid years of FA abstinence and a 95-pound weight loss.

In One Fell Swoop

I was unemployed and without an apartment or friends, spending my days binge-eating, drinking, and taking drugs. I spent all day and night in my

Bubble Trouble

In college, I lived in a dorm on campus, and my favorite hobby was to steal people’s food. Although I would never contemplate stealing anything

Truth With No Slant

The title of an Emily Dickinson poem, “Tell it Slant,” is an apt description of what led to my break—I told the truth, but I

Becoming Trustworthy

In my young life, I was the one who was seen as the problem. If I was uncomfortable, I spoke up. My family did not