Food Addiction, the Disease

"An illness of this sort, and we have come to believe it is an illness---involves those about us in a way no other human sickness can." AA Big Book Page 18

Right now we live in a culture that is obsessed with being thin and with hundreds of weight-loss ideas and programs that promise to help us achieve thinness. It is a nationally growing problem that Americans are gaining weight at an ever-growing rate. It seems that many reputable and not-so-reputable sources are researching and/or offering solutions for the symptoms, and very few are considering the source of the disease. It seems obvious that the brain's reaction to certain foods set up the "allergy of the body and the obsession of the mind" that is described so well in the Big Book.

It is a source of frustration for me that so many people are suffering so with this disease and don't know the solution. Denial and delusion are key components of the disease. Also, so many people seem afraid to approach their weight loss in this way. I know I didn't embrace this addiction model until I had exhausted every other approach to weight loss and after spending thousands of dollars.

And as the quote says, our disease and its ramification affects everyone around us.

I pray if you read this blog and need to deal with your weight issues, you will consider the OA - HOW program, so you, too, can be free.