Via a Michael Prager tweet comes this (IMO) compelling story of a food “addict” who finds help in a 12-step program and then moves beyond it:
One by one, others stood and related their struggles. At first, I told myself they were crazy. Food was the center of their life. I wasn’t like that. But the longer I sat there, the more I realized that although I’d never thought food controlled me, I definitely wasn’t in control of it. And so, when new people were asked to introduce themselves, I found myself standing and saying, voice trembling, “My name is Taffy, and I’m a compulsive eater.” …
I quit my 12-step program because I’d finally found something more crucial than my weight: the confidence of knowing that I wouldn’t let a number on the scale or a bowl of pasta bring me to my knees again. Nor would I let anyone tell me what I was or what I needed—I had the program to thank for that.
Weight Maven is written by Beth Mazur. Beth believes that obesity is more symptom than cause and that the real problem is our Western diet -- especially sugar, refined grains, and industrial oils. Beth writes about nutrition, ancestral health, & food policy. And cats! 
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