I was an overeater from age 6, had GBP at 35. Had a wonderful life for a year or two, then the drinking started…
As I joined AA, I figured I was drinking to get over a bad relationship. Turns out I had to go waaaay back and start working on what caused me to overeat in the first place.
I’ve come to realize that I’m simply an addict - nothing to blame for or explain my behaviour.
I think my greatest epiphany was when I started working step one, when I had to explain how my life was unmanageable. I was on my high horse, thinking I just had a budding problem with alcohol, no real harm done. Turned out I had a problem dealing with life in general, my addiction just turned from food to beer. I had to dig deep.