Originally Posted by
PeacefulWater12 
My opinion about my binge eating is that it is purely a chemical reaction to sugar that makes me need to eat and eat once I have the first sugary food.
I binge eat when happy, sad, hot, cold, tired, energetic, to celebrate, to commiserate. If there is a Y in the day.
I don't believe there is an underling emotional reason. I may tell myself there is sometimes but I think that is my excuse to myself.
I was exactly the same with alcohol. It was a chemical reaction in my body. The first drink opened a bottomless pit for alcohol.
This is me! Thank you for starting this thread! I have been binge eating for the last 30 years! The longest I have gone is 3 weeks. I really think it is a chemical reaction. Sometime I have not even had sugar (tired, depressed or stressed) and I will just CRAVE sugar and carbs...anything I can get my hands on. Weekends are really difficult for me. I am on Day 4 of not binging and would love to join you all with checking in. I do not eat meat so sometimes its difficult to really reduce the carbs.