We may be paid a fee for marketing or advertising by organizations that can assist with treating people with substance use disorders. If you or anyone you know is undergoing a severe health crisis, call a doctor or 911 immediately.Ĭalls to our general hotline may be answered by private treatment providers. Only trained and licensed medical professionals can provide such services. No one should assume the information provided on Addiction Resource as authoritative and should always defer to the advice and care provided by a medical doctor.Īddiction Resource does not offer medical diagnosis, treatment, or advice. Addiction Resource does not favor or support any specific recovery center, nor do we claim to ensure the quality, validity, or effectiveness of any particular treatment center. Addiction Resource is not a healthcare provider, nor does it claim to offer sound medical advice to anyone. IF YOU ANSWERED YES TO ANY OF THE ABOVE QUESTIONS, THEN YOU MAY BE A FOOD ADDICT.Addiction Resource is an educational platform for sharing and disseminating information about addiction and substance abuse recovery centers. Do you feel hopeless about your relationship with food? Are you waiting for your life to begin "when you lose the weight"?Ģ0. Do you frequently feel guilty or ashamed about what you've eaten?ġ9. Do you obsessively calculate the calories you've burned against the calories you've eaten?ġ8. Do you feel driven to exercise excessively to control your weight?ġ7.
Have you ever hidden food to make sure you have "enough"?ġ6. Have you ever stolen other people's food?ġ5. Do you fast or severely restrict your food intake?ġ4. Have you ever discarded food, only to retrieve and eat it later?ġ3. Do you eat to escape from your feelings?ġ1. Is your weight problem due to your "nibbling" all day long?ĩ. Do you eat large quantities of food at one time (binge)?Ĩ. Has a doctor or family member ever approached you with concern about your eating habits or weight?ħ. Green, Holloman and the two children moved to the small town of Onyx near Lake Isabella last summer after their squalid Long Beach apartment became overrun with addicts-a period in the youngsters. Do you eat differently in private than you do in front of other people?Ħ. Do you binge and then "get rid of the binge" through vomiting, exercise, laxatives, or other forms of purging?ĥ. Do you find yourself attempting one diet or food plan after another, with no lasting success?Ĥ. Do you think about food or your weight constantly?ģ. Have you ever wanted to stop eating and found you just couldn't?Ģ. To find out, ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can:ġ. No amount of willpower can lead the food addict to normal eating or sane attitudes around food and weight.Īnyone, from any walk of life, who seeks recovery from their problems with food, is welcome. Food addiction can manifest in a variety of ways, including over-eating, under-eating, bulimia, over-exercise, abuse of laxatives, or painful obsession with body image. Food addicts have a relationship with food that parallels an alcoholic’s relationship with alcohol. Fortunately, thousands of people have found a free, effective, long-term solution in Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA).įA is an international, non-profit recovery program modeled on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Others don’t know where to turn or have just given up hope. As will be noted by even the most casual reader, 12 Step Programs have been adopted widely by a variety of self-help groups, and typically they only adopt the Steps with the approval of AA, something each site will make note of. They’ve tried expensive diets, surgery, medications, excessive exercise, purging, extreme food restriction-all to no avail. Many people have resorted to desperate measures to control their weight and the way they relate to food. Our local intergroup is the Harbor Area Central. This website is maintained by the District 04 Website Committee and is intended to be a repository for information about District 04 General Service. and the world, call 78 or visit: ABOUT FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS WELCOME to District 04, Mid Southern California Area 09 (MSCA 09) of Alcoholics Anonymous. Palm Beach Gardens, FL at 9:30am.įor more information or a list of additional meetings throughout the U.S. Meetings are held every Saturday morning at Metropolitan Community Church, 4857 Northlake Blvd.
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Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat?įood Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a free Twelve Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, over-eating, under-eating or bulimia.
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