For me I had been addressing the food challenges prior to meeting, loving and marrying the relationship that got me here.
Food can provide physical satisfaction, but it also is emotional, a form of love and celebration and in my family a place that we came together. It was almost always a positive point in my life with my family, rather than stressful.
My codependent behavior and my food behaviors went hand in hand and "fed" each other.
So much of my life was out of control, that I attempted to control with food. I have done the whole gamete of food behaviors.
I used food to numb out, either over or under eating.
It is amazing to me that when I am working on any component of recovery, it helps all aspects of me.
It was amazing when I started to develop boundaries for example how much I did not need food to cope.
I have had a weird relationship with food as long as I remember (4 or so). Tackling my recovery is the best gift I have given myself, and food has started to take up and appropriate amount of space in my life.
Ah the layers that we reach with recovery. Each getting us closer to true self.