:blob_fire I NEED HELP IS THERE ANY ONE OUT THERE THAT JUST EATS NOT STOP AND WHAT IS HELPING YOU? FOOD IS MY DRUG AND I CAN NOT CONTROL MY EATING. PLEASE HELP:blob_fire

Hi, i have no experience of over eating but it sounds like comfort food,are you unhappy about something?sadmum

Have you tried talking to your Dr about this it could be a dificeny (sp) that makes you crave certain foods that your body feels it needs. Have you gotten any tests done? Tried overeaters anonymous? A couselor? Its an addiction and they are hard to stop and harder to control. This is something that you will have to control. I know how hard it is to stop and I feel for you even though are addictions are different I do know how hard it is to get over one. I would consider talking to you Dr getting some test done, bloodwork, thyroid. If its nothing medically causing this then it is only you can stop and work on this addiction. I had to stop and take action against mine and that is the only way to fight and control the addiction. I know about craving as I'm having one right now. I'm not going to give in to my addiction today and I wont tomorrow hopefully but I know its a day to day fight and its very hard and your mind is your worst enemy at time constantly going to food. This is also a disorder and there might be some help for you. Best wishes. Kim

Kim Thank You For Responding. Do You Have The Same Addiction? Some Days Are Really Good And Some Days I Could Eat 12 Chrispy Creams In My Car. And Hide The Evidence. I Am About 15 Pounds Over Weight And I Need To Get This Under Control For The Sake Of My Health. I Am Into Natural Food And Health But I Hide This Dirty Secret. I Am Seeing A Counsler And She Just Tells Me To Journal When I Feel Like Eating. I Dont Understand I Just Compulsive Eat Even If I Am Happy Sad Mad Stressed!!!!!!!!!! All Of The Time!! I Hate It!!!

I'm the daughter of two alcoholic parents, neither of whom lived to see age 36 because of their addictions. Alcohol has never appealed to me. My drug of choice is food. I highly recommend a book called Breaking The Bonds of Food Addiction by Susan McQuillan. Check your local library. This book has helped me understand the biological nature of my addiction. It has also given me some tools to help overcome my urges to overeat.

Like drug addicts, food addicts have higher levels of the neurochemical dopamine circulating in their brains than nonaddicts. Dopamine is involved in the regulation of appetites and drives. It motivates us to eat and thereby helps produce feelings of pleasure and satisfaction. Researchers believe food addicts and drug addicts have fewer dopamine receptors in their brains than people who aren't addicted. Tests showed that heavier people had fewer receptors than people closer to their ideal weight. When there aren't enough dopamine receptors, the chemical is swirling around in the brain with no place to land. When the brain can't soak up dopamine through its receptors, the chemical messages it carries get lost, along with the pleasurable feelings that normally would arise. The food addict responds by overeating in an attempt to feel the normal pleasure that comes from eating a good meal.

I found that, once I took the blame off myself and stopped telling myself I was weak and pathetic, I could address my addiction scientifically. This approach has removed bit of the emotional element from the process of regaining control over my eating and has made the journey easier so far.

Wishing you the best in overcoming this!

So You Did Break Free Of Food Addictioin? What Helps You? I Use To Call It Stress Eating But When I Would Bing Out On Food I Was Not Always Stressed. Can I Ask How You Would Obcessive Eat. I Just Ask Because I Do Not Know Anyone Else That Does This. Another Example For Me Is When We Have Treats A Work I May Sneek 3 Or 4 To The Bathroom To Eat Them. It Is Like It Is A Quick High But Then I Chash From A Sugar High And Be Grouchy?

THE FUNNY THING IS THINGS COULD BE GOING REALLY GOOD IN MY LIFE AND I STILL DO THIS BING BING EATING. I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT GOING TO OVER EATERS ANONYMOUS. MY BOYFRIEND THINKS I AM CRAZY AND HE SAYS YOUR NOT FAT. I TRUELY AM 15 POUND OVER WEIGHT BUT THE DOES NOT THINK SO AND HE DOSE NOT KNOW I COULD EAT AN ENTIRE CAKE IN MY CAR AND NOT TELL ANYONE.:confused:

It's not about been fat or not, it's about whether the food consumers almost all your waking moments-eating or not. If your maiking yourself sick or going through period of fasting etc any of the above point to a severe problem with food addiction and I would go to OA for yourself without the need of permission from anyone else.

Best Wishes.

I GUESS I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO GO ALONE. MY FRIEND IS IN AA RIGHT NOW AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD GO WITH ME TO A MEETING? WHEN EVER WE WOULD GET TOGETHER TO HANG OUT SHE WOULD DRINK A TON AND I WOULD EAT A TON. WEIRD. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY I DO THIS? :dizzy:

I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY I DO THIS? :dizzy:

You may, as I've mentioned, be compensating for your particular brain chemistry. I really recommend you go to the library and do a little research. You and I are not the only ones dealing with this, so let's learn from those who've gone down this road before us.

As for my own eating patterns...well, there's no meal that doesn't deserve a dessert or two. I stopped cutting cheese of my 3lb brick of cheddar and just broke huge hunks off and took them to my chair with a box of Wheat Thins. I'd sneak a couple of cookies out of the container in the kitchen every time I went in. Just constant consumption. I get a soothing, warm/fuzzy escape feeling while eating, but it's replaced by guilt when I'm done. What squashes guilt for me? Food. A nasty, nasty cycle.

Nope. I haven't completely broken the cycle. Had a horrible, horrible food orgy with my girlfriends this past weekend. Total relapse. Ate until I thought my stomach would perforate. But today is a new day and I'm back on my program.

I Joined Oa. I Guess I Really Dont Think It Is Helping Much Because All They Do It Read Out Of A Book. I Need Constant Talking. So Maybe We Can Help Each Other.

Hi I think I have a eating disorder or addiction as well. Some people call it being greedy and they tell me I can just stop but it's not that easy. I think I eat due to a nervous condition because evry time I get nervous I eat. I get nervous about ten times a day so sometimes I just find myself eating ten times a day anything insight. And when I'm depressed things are really bad because I eat and binge eat until I get very ill. One day I went to a buffet and I ate so much I couldn't breathe and when I got home I was throwing up really bad. I really need help or advice from anyone who is willing to give some thanks in advance !

I am new to this site and I registered with the site because I have the same problem as Pink123 and I completely can relate. I have gained a good 45 lbs in the last 2 years and it's gotten completely out of hand. I feel helpless at times and I know my problem really has very little to do with my love for food. I use food to fill a void and I know that. I use to be tiny and I had this cute figure and now I don't even recognize myself anymore. Maybe we can help eachother out. I am vey worried about my health.

Hey Groovilicious, It Is Pink123, Would You Mind Telling Me Some Of The Thing You Do When You Eat? Maybe We Can Help Eachother? Do You Eat In The Bathroom At Work? Or In Your Car?

Hey Maybe We Can All Help Eachother. I Can Realate With The Nervous Eating. I Will Also Eat Anything In Sight. I Joined Overeaters Anon. But I Guess I Really Do Not Feel Like It Is Helping. I Need To Talk To People And All I Feel Oa Is Is Reading Out Of A Book. We Need To Know That We Are Powerless Over Food. As They Say In Aa. Lets Help Eachother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

Hey It Is Pink 123 How Is The Over Eating Thing Going?