Step 1 - OA
Step 1:
We admitted we were powerless over food — that our lives had become unmanageable. I am a compulsive eater. I am admitting here that I am powerless over food. My life, in some ways, has become unmanageable. I have made some decisions to change things though. I have recently quit drinking, smoking pot, and now I am focusing on not binge eating. Last night, I ate everything in sight after calling it a "cheat day", but I think that I know my cheat days are a little more than "I had ice cream". I am powerless in front of food. Sugar, cookies, pizza, if my stomach wants them, my stomach will have them. But I think the issue is more in my mind, and that is what I am going to try to do here as I work through these steps for overeating. Now that I finally quit drinking and smoking, I am seeing that I do have issues when it comes to emotional eating. I do it, and I do it frequently. I'm trying to learn how to be more present in the moment, how to eat less. Binge eating is a way for me to cope with things---yes. I don't know what it is about eating a giant bowl or FIVE of food that makes me feel better---but it does---and it scares me. I want to know that I have control, and that's why I have started this program. When I get to the second step, I'll post it here and tell you all how I am working through it. It's probably good to just soak up this confession I have made: I admit that I am powerless over food and my life has become unmanageable. |
Hi Librarygirl,
I'm a bulimic and overeater and... I am in love with Step One. That's what made me surrender defeat, finally. My brain does not work, nor does my intuition, and that's what has brought me to OA. Although I know I have to move on-- and in a way I'm doing two and three-- I just want to bask in the miracle that is step one. No more attempts to control this, analyze that, or feel it/intuit all out. Finally I am admitting my powerlessness. Glad you feel the force of step one, as well. Right now I feel like it's the most important thing that's ever happened to me. Life-altering! Looking forward to your sharing, Catherine |
Hi, LG and welcome!
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I am a complusive eater as well. Hopefully we both can overcome this.
Good luck! Sam |
I am a binge eater. I have been struggling to overcome it since my early childhood. I have gone through cycles of bulimia and recovery, only to start binging again (and once the weight creeps up, purging).
I can not be around food. I can not go into my kitchen. Food, to me, is literally the devil. I have accepted at this point that I will probably never be able to totally control my eating, and so Im working on setting restrictions/adapting an alternative lifestyle so that food and I only cross paths on my terms. my relationship with food is ****ed up, and will probably never get normal. So, like with Alcoholics and booze, I think my only good road is avoidance. |
I have been trying to get in shape or lose weight my entire life I think (at least since 6th grade). I embarked on a new pln today to lose 70lbs. The day was good until I could not stop eating after dinner. I ate a fullbag of potato chips (I don't even like potato chips) and a handful ofcookies. I'm sitting here right now with intense stomach pains since I ate so much. I couldn'tstop. I am a binger I feel terrible an I don't want to continue in this way.
I have spent the last hour reading through posts trying to figure out what t do next Shaunna |
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Step 1 Admission
I am a binge eater and it is such a relief in some ways to just admit I cannot control it. Eating or not eating for me has always been about control, (or lack if it), even though I did not always know it. I am currently on what I call my twenty pound upswing, (every 1.5 years I gain or lose 20 pounds so I generally range from borderline skinny anorexic to feeling chubby and insatiably hungry), and it stinks being heavier though I tend to self-abuse just as much when I'm on my downswing.
Anyway, I could go on and on, but I won't... So here I go.... Step one and ready to make a permanent, positive change. |
Step 1 Admission
I am a binge eater and it is such a relief in some ways to just admit I cannot control it. Eating or not eating for me has always been about control, (or lack if it), even though I did not always know it. I am currently on what I call my twenty pound upswing, (every 1.5 years I gain or lose 20 pounds so I generally range from borderline skinny anorexic to feeling chubby and insatiably hungry), and it stinks being heavier though I tend to self-abuse just as much when I'm on my downswing.
Anyway, I could go on and on, but I won't... So here I go.... Step one and ready to make a permanent, positive change. |
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