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Unexpected Gifts

Ten years ago, I arrived at college weighing 200 pounds. I didn’t fit in, and my solution was to lose weight. […]

Sweetened Studies

At 31 my life looked like this: accounting degree graduate, single mom of a five year old son and I […]

Abstinent Thanksgiving

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

Fifty and Free

I am of Italian descent and was born in America. I turned 50 years old in September. I have had […]

Now the Living is Easy

Summer. Season of fun, right? At a little over 5’3″ tall and at least 170 pounds, summer fun was not […]

The Pause

I was out of control! I binged to soothe my hurt feelings and I binged to celebrate the good stuff. […]

Mountain Retreat

I have had an abnormal relationship with food since I was a young girl. It started out as a strong […]

No Longer Angry

Before joining FA I would have told you I was not an angry person, but since coming into the program […]

The Last Binge

I heard at a meeting once that to forget your last binge could be fatal. At the time, I was […]

Helpful and Grateful

Today I was supposed to work, but my work said that they did not need me. Cool. It’s rainy out […]

Gift of Desperation

FA explains that food addicts are dealing with food allergies. I could relate to this idea. I have no control over my body’s reaction when it comes in contact with an allergen. Let’s take for example wool. If I wear wool I get a rash. Once I have a rash, I am powerless over my ability to ignore the itch it produces.

Spiritual Wash

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

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