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Cutting Apron Strings

I always used to joke and say that by the time I was 40 I would have had all my […]

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Emerging from the Dark

I couldn’t stop. Mind you, I thought I could. I would get a few days, even weeks of abstinence—not surrendered […]

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Commitment Aversion

Four years ago, my first FA sponsor suggested that I choose and commit to three meetings per week as part […]

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Ready, Willing, and Able

“Okay, you are right Dad, I’m addicted to food…now what?” At the tender age of fourteen, I agreed with my […]

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I never realized how crazy flour and sugar made me

I never realized how crazy flour and sugar made me. I was only aware of how fat it made me. […]

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Winning Streak

Before I joined FA, I was busy eating, not eating, dieting, purging, running, hiding, denying, hating, and controlling my weight and body. I thought of myself as fat and ugly (although I now realize that I wasn't), and worrying about debts, broken relationships, the future, and other people's mistakes.
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Service is the Key

I found Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) in Atlanta in May 2014. I would frequently arrive early to arrange […]

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Breaking Up is Hard to Do

When I walked through the doors of FA at 200 pounds on March 12, 2008, I expected to have some […]

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Transformed

When I was 18 years old, I weighed 200 pounds of mostly fat. I joined the Army and went to basic training after graduation.
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Cry Uncle

My old way of reacting to family time was to avoid it. I remember being a kid and knowing that […]

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The Other White Stuff

The term, “Keep it simple,” mocked me as I felt the sizzle of heartburn announce that my latest concoction of […]

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Overnight Recovery

I have long railed against going to bed on time. When I was kid, my mother had to scream to […]

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