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[Rohwen]

Hi,
I have been struggling for some time with a binge eating disorder. I have tryed so many different dieting ideas and ways to control my eating but nothing works. I did well for myself today and in the evening I started to feel sick....hours later after I had binged I realized I was actually going through a food with drawl even though I hadn't starved myself. At this moment I really realized whats going on, and I realize it has to change. I am very active and have so much to contribute but my body and discust with myself for my
eating habbits and dependence, have led me to act introverted. I actually know a lot about healthy eating, I just can't seem to control when to stop.

Is there anyone going through a simular struggle who wants to be a support buddy or is there anyone with experience in these issues who can help me though this?

I am ashamed and embarassed but I am young and I realize I need to kick this so I can enjoy a healthy happy life.

[Gambaru]

Welcome Rowhen. You are not alone, and well done for taking the first step in admitting that you need help. Have a read through some of those sticky topics at the top. You may want to look up your local Overeaters Anonymous just to see if you can relate to the people there and get some local support. Also, come join us on the No Obvious Sugar thread if you want.

[cali]

hi there Rohwen-welcome!

I am a bindge eater too. For me, AA for my alcoholism has helped me to see that applying the 12 steps to my food problem is for me because the issues that I drank over I also eat over too. There is so much support here. Possibly OA might be an option for you. I know you will get some good feed back here.
Again welcome-you are not alone

[Rohwen]

Thanks. I am glad I took the step to sign up for this. I can see it will be helpful.

[sugarssweetpea]

Rohwen,
Yes, you are definately not alone in this. I am a compulsive overeater as well. I have traded one addiction for another & now food addiction is the one I am battling. I have recently started working the steps for food addiction. I have a sponsor & attend eating disorders meetings at Celebrate Recovery once a week. I, like you, know so much about healthy eating it is not even funny. I could probably write a best seller. I have obtained so much knowledge over the years of trying to figure out what would "work" for me. Still working on it & still obtaining knowledge, but gaining strength & better habits every day.

[Nina Kay]

Rowhen,
Welcome to the Eating Disorders Forum and to SR as a whole. I do hope that you'll keep coming back. I too am a compulsive overeater, binge eater and all-around food addict. I binge eat while dealing with certain emotions.

It's great to hear that you are a very active person. I do hope that you'll keep it up, at all costs, especially since you are so young. I am not young anymore and I wish that I had been more active when I was.

I isolate myself because of my embarassment & shame, for my lack of self control and for how I look that makes me so self-conscious. I hope that you'll not let yourself give in to that. It's so unhealthy in every way.

Keep coming back and reading others posts and please read the Stickies at the top of this page.

[cali]

Hi Rohwen--
Just wodering how you are doing. Check in, k?

[Rohwen]

Thanks for the suport. Its great to know I am not the only one, as it is so easy to hide it and feel alone in the battle. With the realization and new view of my problem as being an addiction, I am actually doing much better. I have come to the realization that it is crazy cycle. Stress and anxiety seem to bring me to eat, and yet when I do eat, I just become more stressed and want to do it more. By not falling in to the cycle, I am more efficient with my time, happier with myself, and there for less stressed, which makes dealing with the problem a lot easier. I feel like I am finally on to something and its exiting. I feel great. Thanks for the wonderfully helful community.

[cali]

Glad to hear it Roh!! It's those types of realizations that keep me going!!

Stay with it-you're doing great!

[Rohwen]

Gosh, I know I haven't posted much, but I have been reading up and changing things and I am doing great. I am sure I will hit a low point some time but this is just so amazing. I feel better about myself and I have more energy than ever....just went on a 3 mile run and had it turn in to 6. Thanks so much for the suport. This site and all the people on it are a truely gifts from God.

[Pony]

I am glad you have found us and you are doing well. I know that when I am doing the things that are positive in my life, I feel better and have a much better attitude about things also. It helps me to continue on doing the right things. the low opints "may" come, but it's important to pick right back up and continue on. that's what I am working on currantly. It's been a little hard to do right now, but not impossible. It's a work in progress.