eating disorders -- including emotional overeating and "fat flushes" and other such thing -- are difficult to climb out of. I know, I've been there. But recovery is also very possible.

I got some good info out of E. Abramson's Emotional Eating. Geneen Roth's books on ED recovery are very popular. I also found it useful to work with body image--for this, I loved Leslea Newman's books, which give specific tasks to do, which are really fun.

You might also look at the website Something Fishy and the website for ANRED. The Something Fishy bulletin board, at http://fishyvb.something-fishy.org/ , had forums for compulsive overeating, general ED recovery, childhood abuse issues, and more. Overeaters Anonymous is a 12-step program that is, in effect, free therapy. They too have a website at http://www.overeatersanonymous.org/

HTH