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My First Abstinent Vacation

“I would suggest eating out two or three times,” my sponsor said. Um what? Two or three times?! Was she […]

Piercing the Veil of Denial

I’m not really a food addict—I have a few pounds to lose, but really I’m not like these people, I […]

FA: Fantastic Abstinence!

I could hear myself lumber across the room. I felt huge! I did not like the idea that when I […]

What’s a treat for an abstinent food addict?

I recently had my first mammogram after having had a lumpectomy nine months ago. Needless to say, I was anxious. […]

FA to the Rescue

Several years ago my 92-year old mother died, after two years of failing health. She still lived in England, my […]

Why stay abstinent with a terminal illness?

After a semi-successful bout on a commercial diet, I weighed 170 pounds. At 5 feet 3 ½ inches tall, I […]

Oasis of Recovery

Before I joined FA, I was willing to go to any lengths to get what I wanted. I would manipulate, […]

Fear Factor

I decided to pick up an extra FA meeting because I was feeling out of sorts and down on myself […]

Surrendering to Experience, Strength, and Hope  

Day 39 of shelter in place and month 13 since my world truly turned upside-down after losing my eighteen-year-old son. […]

Laugh, Pray, Retire

I didn’t have recognizable weight issues until my late forties. I was always just shy of 140 pounds, but then […]

Bitter or Better

Several years ago I was in a serious car accident and broke all the vertebrae in my neck, with severe […]

Caregiving in Recovery

Two years before I found FA, I was about 180 pounds, taking care of everyone but myself and then losing […]

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