[CyberTOPS] Food Addict - Nan

[Kathie Sweeten]

Food Addition-----
That is one thing that I don't have to think about too long.   I am a Food
Addict!!!!
I even confessed that on live TV on a local morning show here in San Antonio
when I was being interviewed about my weight loss and involvement with
TOPS.    The interviewer asked me how I overcame it.   I told her that I had
to become stronger than the addition.   Which I feel is true BUT sometimes it
soooo hard and some days I am not that strong.   Food is truly like dope to
me.   I don't smoke and only an occasional social drink so I have no other
real vices except overeating.   It is a calming for me sometimes.    I use it
as a crutch to get me through low times and pick me up when I am tired.   That
is why I relate it to being like a "dope addict".    Sometimes I ask myself if
I am any different.   Just overeating is not against the law, can't get
arrested for going through the fast food drive or hitting the vending machine
at work.    One solution I have done for myself.   I do not carry cash on
me.   That way I am
 not tempted to do those things cause I can easily talk myself into it.
I am a weak person when it comes to food.    Then there is the sweet - salty
thing.   One then the other and back and forth and sometimes I really just
want to eat till I am stuffed.
   OK, how do we fix this?      I am truly open to suggestions on how to beat
this.  
   Can't afford to get professional counseling.
    I am just glad to know that I am not alone with this problem.
                    Kathie S.