Food is a drug to me

I just want to thank you for your suggestion for some folks to seek out OA meetings. I am only speaking from my own experience.

I fell off the "Shangri-La" wagon several times and for the same reasons I have been unable to maintain any healthy changes in lifestyle or adhere to any weight loss plan or "diet", regardless of how well I was losing weight. I would hit my "wall of fear"--I guess I cannot concieve of what life will be like once I lose a fair amount of weight - I am going to be vunerable and scared. Overeating food and being overweight is my personal cushion between me and the world. This is why I sought out the OA program. I need to deal with my emotional eating issues. What Shangri-La does for me is shut off the "screaming" of my body for unnecessary, unneeded extra food. Food is a drug to me. I would "inject" my drug every night before bed alone in front of the TV until I was overfull and wakeup every morning "hung over" and sick from all the crap I ate the night before, and my drug worked less and less and I would have to eat more and more. The comfort was fleeting. Having AS, I am more clearheaded and able to work on my emotional eating issues without succumbing.

There are many types of OA groups - there are beginner groups. If you go to the OA site, the groups will have descriptions of who they are meant for.

There are OA groups for bulimics and anorexics, though from what I understand they seek out additional one-on-one therapy. Everyone needs to seek out what works best for them.

"We admitted we were powerless over food--that our lives had become unmanageable."

Well, she was thanking someone else, but she hit it right on the head:

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