Rant......I think my first ever.....Addicted to Food

I don't give **** about a diagnose.  I AM a food addict and it makes MY struggle that much harder because unlike any other addict I NEED my addiction to LIVE.

So when I say it.  I mean NO mother ****** I can't just have ONE bite.  If my problem was alcohol would you offer me a DRINK.  Then get the **** out my face with XYorZ.

MS Shell

Love this Ms. Shell! LOVE IT!

I believe Frisco's intent is ALWAYS to steer people away from the cliff and to remind people that they can and should boost their own level of commitment to putting in the work necessary after the surgeon's work is done. 

No one got here because they have a healthy relationship with food. Period.

I did not get to 300Lbs at 5foot tall because I like cookies. Skinny people like cookies. Eating too much filled a void or need.

This is not a black and white matter for anyone....there are many shades of gray to recovering form a lifetime of food addiction/obsession/compulsion/whatever.

For some the word addiction is like an excuse .Maybe they are not ready.

Compulsive eating for me was like a drug. While stuffing during stressful times I actually zone out like a drug high.

The definition of addiction can define many processes or substances, including food.

 Addiction (or insert your word) is an uncontrollable compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its negative consequences

Besides Frisco I don't know you from Jack Adam.....why would I care what you think? But I do enjoy reading your valuable info and learning from your experience. Thank you. :)

This journey is for me. about me. and me is what I care about in the end.

I have a very close family member recovering from heroine addiction and its funny....our recoveries are so similar. What we do. How we reflect. Our new focus and lifestyle. How we used and overused our substance. Whatever clinical description of addiction does not matter, its just words.

 

Thanks Renee......

Your post gave me a little chuckle cause last month my nephew was asking me before I went to group....... "Uncle, can you come by before you go to rehab?"

I'm like.....ya.... I can........

frisco

Ahhh..... from the mouth of babes!! I mean your nephew of course.  :)

AMEN!

In reading all of the posts, I truly think we are all basically saying the same thing; i.e., drawing the same conclusions...a lot of this is just a matter of semantics...as for the DSM-IV definitions, it's very interesting but basically just has relevance in a clinical setting...who cares what you call it--addiction, compulsion, unhealthy behavior...the end result and the process of recovery are basically the same...we need to change what we are doing (and the WLS is a tool to try to get there)

I wish we could just show each other some understanding and compassion--no matter what place we are in the process of becoming a healthier person...some of us may still be in denial that we have eating problems, others may be coming to that realization and need to label it in some way (such as food addiction) as part of their process of owning the problem and/or giving it up to a higher power...getting angry or criticizing others who aren't necessarily in the same place emotionally or behavior-wise surely cannot be doing anybody any good

PS I, like others, do enjoy a good discussion involving varying opinions--as long as it doesn't become an opportunity to demean and criticize others..."we ain't got time for that"

 

 

Well said.

As a newbie who has been researching VSG and reading thousands of posts, it is disappointing to repeatedly observe a "vet" trolling the forum in such a disobliging manner.

"Bravado may stir the crowd, but courage needs no audience" -T.F. Hodge