Week 8: Step 1 | Susie H Speaks on More About Compulsive Eating, Second Half

Here, Susie H. shares her experience with Chapter 3, in the second half of More About Compulsive Eating; the insanity and the Mental Obsession.

Continuing to look at the Mental Obsession in Step One, we study the vague eating insanity as it emerges in our lives, causing us to act out or pick up without any physical reason, even when abstinent. As a Compulsive Eater or Food Addict, can I see how my mind (and not just my body) is quite different from the normal eater?

We read a few stories illustrating the insanity over and over again, where there is little or no reasonable explanation for which we can otherwise account. Mere physical abstinence is not enough to make us whole, or recovered.  We continue to look at how our addiction stems from an internal condition that manifests externally, thereby giving insight and clarity as to why all of the years of dieting and exercise plans nor adoption of new moral codes- nor any amount of willpower- has ever been sufficient enough for us to recover for good and for all.