Re: Recovering from Epic Backslide

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Decluttering can be a mental challenge. I hope that you will evolve from this

wiser and happier.

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Recovering from Epic Backslide

....and I want to thank the lovely people on this list who responded without

judgement, with pure support. I really needed it. Thank you.

I haven't overeaten in 2 days. My back-slide just kind of ran its course. Maybe

giving myself 2 hours of agony with an IBS attack from eating an entire box of

cereal helped. But I did something else, too.

I started de-cluttering. Big time. I basically am throwing out my old life,

about 70% of it. And it's really taking some strains off me that I didn't even

know were there. It's kind of amazing.

I'd love it if I never had another back-slide into binging every day. I have

no idea what the future holds. But I realized something else.

When I overeat, it has nothing to do with food.

I'll give 2 examples of what I mean. One is pretty intense, here.

Example 1: Rape is not about sex. Rape is violence with sex used as a medium.

Example 2: (much milder) Have you ever owned a cat who sucks buttons? That cat

isn't really hoping for milk. It's not about the milk. It's a reflex that

makes the cat feel relaxed and safe.

That's what overeating is for me. It's not about food at all. It's a

desperatem attempt to excape stress, to find calm and peace and calm, with food

as a medium.

Thanks again for reading.

Robbie