addiction

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I was thinking about when I stopped smoking vs. IE. When I stopped smoking it was a very, very hard thing for me to do. That was some time ago and I honestly have not 'yearned' to go back to smoking. IE, for me, is something different. Smoking was cut and dried (no cigarettes, period). I had a long withdrawal period, however, after some months of suffering the yearning went away. (Whew! what a relief.) I did have a process getting up to the point of stopping, going to a program that helped others to stop smoking as well, getting ready for stopping. Intuitive Eating is a long course for me, but dieting is out of the question. Because I don't want to do it. Last night I saw a program briefly showing a court case with a fat woman and her fat children and a lawyer suing a fast food company for her heart attack, and

the presumption that the addiction was caused by fast food companies. To an extent I believe that. The lawyer gave a compelling argument convicting the fast food companies, but so, of course, did the fast food representative give a compelling argument back ("no one FORCES anyone to eat fast food). I don't know why some people do not fall prey to the hype or technique imposed on the public, advertising their products and making the foods addictive (as the lawyer said they spent billions in advertising and researching how to make the foods addictive, yes I believe that, but I don't know why some people don't get addicted, that's ok), but for the years I spent being addicted to overeating and eating the wrong food, I know it's going to be a process getting unaddicted. Thanks for all the support here. Tai