Thu, Dec-13-01, 23:16
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Posts: 12,775
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Plan: Ketogenic
Stats: -/-/-
BF:
Progress: 100%
Location: Vancouver
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We all know that someone who drinks all day every day is an alcoholic, but is it possible that these other people have a problem too?
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Yep! And you can find them all at an AA meeting.
Food addiction and compulsive overeating takes many forms: anorexia, bullemia, binging... Food addicts may be at work all day, just waiting to go home, draw the curtains and be alone with their favourite binge foods or they may eat their favourite food out in the open, all day.
There is a lot of stigma attached to being labelled as an addict, when it can actually be quite freeing if you come to terms with it.
An interesting fact - many alcoholics become addicted to sweets, especially chocolate when they quit drinking. If anyone wants to delve into the subject, Potatoes Not Prozac is an interesting read.
Karen
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