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“The healthiest pregnant woman in the world.”

I had been waiting to “eat for two” since I was a little girl. I thought that pregnancy would be […]

Never Too Thin?

One aspect of my food addiction is obsession with weight and thinness. Before coming into FA, I was never satisfied with […]

Gratitude in Airplane Mode

As I sit in my airplane seat I am grateful for the plenty of room I have to rest comfortably […]

Giving Thanks

Before FA, Thanksgiving meant one thing: food. As a kid I did not understand the appeal of Thanksgiving foods, but […]

The More I Exercised, The More I Ate

I was searching for a solution to get out of my obese body. I tried injections, ate raw eggs, drank […]

Paradise Found

Then… When I was a kid growing up in my food addiction, summertime meant a lot of unstructured time to […]

Being Present During Loss

My brother, two years my senior, died unexpectedly. It was a sad, heart-breaking and bewildering time for those of us […]

Yours (Truly)

I ate addictively because I am a food addict. I believed it to my core. Yet, knowing this truth, why […]

School as Service

I have an obsessive mind. By the time I made it to FA, my food obsession had developed to such […]

My Two Cents

I have experienced a 160-pound weight loss in FA. I have come to believe that “practicing these principles in all […]

Joy Was My Antidote to Fear

Thankfully, during my first year in Program, I lost more than 120 pounds, did my tools daily, completed an AWOL, […]

I Was Ready

I came to FA with the gift of desperation. My body was overweight and sick. I am 48 years old, […]

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