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Hitting the Grand Slam

There are many things that I am grateful to have lost since stopping eating addictively. I am grateful to be […]

Finding the Solution

For years, I wrestled with fear, doubt, and insecurity. I worried about everything, from raising children and being a responsible […]

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.

Handling Life the FA Way

I’ve been under a fair amount of strain lately. A dear friend of mine is dying from a metastasized cancer. […]

Grandpa Gains From Losing

“Grandpa, you are fat!” my then-five year old granddaughter told me. “I know,” was my reply. A week later, she […]

The Holidays in FA

The holidays are upon us once again. This will be my third holiday season in FA and there have been […]

Abstinence First

My first 90 days were uneventful, for the most part. The first day, I committed my food to a sponsor […]

Ins and Outs

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

Without A Shadow Of A Doubt

I have 7 years of continuous abstinence as I write this article, with my heaviest weight being 330 pounds (about150 […]

The Biggest Change

I woke up this morning thinking about my first day in an 8-week residential treatment program for food addiction. I […]

Abstinence as a Rock

When I was new in FA, I heard over and over, almost to the point of the ridiculous, “Just weigh […]

Coming Clean

Pretty much from the beginning, I had difficulty surrendering to my sponsor’s suggestions. One of the reasons for this is […]

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