Food Addiction ?? Yea Right

November 27, 2005

I just finished a book, "A Million Little Pieces". My wife bought it and did not like it, so I said I would give it a try. I was really moved. I saw so much of myself in that book. His relationship with drugs and alcohol is like my relationship with food. I read how he felt and I identified with it, I read what he did, I identified with it, I read how he tried to cope, I identified. When I finished, I even went to an OA meeting on line. I listened and I shared a bit, I don't know if I felt better, but I know I did not feel worse. I have been reading things here and I have learned a lot. I am still so unsure of what to do next. I am going in for my last lifestyle class and my surgeon appointment in the next couple of weeks and I really though I would be farther along than I am. I just feel there is so much I am unable to understand or deal with, I am afraid of where the road ends.

November 27, 2005

I just finished a book, "A Million Little Pieces". My wife bought it and did not like it, so I said I would give it a try. I was really moved. I saw so much of myself in that book. His relationship with drugs and alcohol is like my relationship with food. I read how he felt and I identified with it, I read what he did, I identified with it, I read how he tried to cope, I identified. When I finished, I even went to an OA meeting on line. I listened and I shared a bit, I don't know if I felt better, but I know I did not feel worse. I have been reading things here and I have learned a lot. I am still so unsure of what to do next. I am going in for my last lifestyle class and my surgeon appointment in the next couple of weeks and I really though I would be farther along than I am. I just feel there is so much I am unable to understand or deal with, I am afraid of where the road ends.

November 27, 2005

Life is hard and none of us knows where the road will end. I am proud that you are staying connected to people and reading what people are doing and how things have worked for them and I hope you don't give up. Take care. Donna wrote: I just finished a book, "A Million Little Pieces". My wife bought it and did not like it, so I said I would give it a try. I was really moved. I saw so much of myself in that book. His relationship with drugs and alcohol is like my relationship with food. I read how he felt and I identified with it, I read what he did, I

identified with it, I read how he tried to cope, I identified. When I finished, I even went to an OA meeting on line. I listened and I shared a bit, I don't know if I felt better, but I know I did not feel worse. I have been reading things here and I have learned a lot. I am still so unsure of what to do next. I am going in for my last lifestyle class and my surgeon appointment in the next couple of weeks and I really though I would be farther along than I am. I just feel there is so much I am unable to understand or deal with, I am afraid of where the road ends. Donna JordonDSJordon@...

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November 27, 2005

Life is hard and none of us knows where the road will end. I am proud that you are staying connected to people and reading what people are doing and how things have worked for them and I hope you don't give up. Take care. Donna wrote: I just finished a book, "A Million Little Pieces". My wife bought it and did not like it, so I said I would give it a try. I was really moved. I saw so much of myself in that book. His relationship with drugs and alcohol is like my relationship with food. I read how he felt and I identified with it, I read what he did, I

identified with it, I read how he tried to cope, I identified. When I finished, I even went to an OA meeting on line. I listened and I shared a bit, I don't know if I felt better, but I know I did not feel worse. I have been reading things here and I have learned a lot. I am still so unsure of what to do next. I am going in for my last lifestyle class and my surgeon appointment in the next couple of weeks and I really though I would be farther along than I am. I just feel there is so much I am unable to understand or deal with, I am afraid of where the road ends. Donna JordonDSJordon@...

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November 28, 2005

This kind of relates to something that happened to me yesterday. I

was talking with my brother about the surgery, and why I've decided

to go through with it. He wanted to know if I'd researched the

alternatives, what the risks were, etc., and why I'd decided to do it

now after resisting it so long.

I finally gave him an analogy he could understand when I compared

where I've gotten to now with where he was when he went into a

recovery program for his problems with various substances several

years ago - it's like I've " bottomed out " in terms of dealing with my

weight. The light went on in his head. " You mean it hurts so much to

stay where you are that it's less painful to face what you need to do

to change! "

My issues with food aren't EXACTLY the same as the issues people have

with drugs or alcohol - but there are sure enough similarities to

make some things relevant!

Cathy C.

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> I just finished a book, " A Million Little Pieces " . My wife bought

it and did not like it, so I said I would give it a try. I was

really moved. I saw so much of myself in that book. His

relationship with drugs and alcohol is like my relationship with

food. I read how he felt and I identified with it, I read what he

did, I identified with it, I read how he tried to cope, I identified.

> When I finished, I even went to an OA meeting on line. I listened

and I shared a bit, I don't know if I felt better, but I know I did

not feel worse. I have been reading things here and I have learned a

lot. I am still so unsure of what to do next. I am going in for

my last lifestyle class and my surgeon appointment in the next couple

of weeks and I really though I would be farther along than I am. I

just feel there is so much I am unable to understand or deal with, I

am afraid of where the road ends.

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November 28, 2005