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Stuart G

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2. ...In a simple sentence we all understand, "We are food addicts"
Sun Mar 14, 2021, 11:40 AM
Mar 2021

...It really does not matter if it is this food or that food...in the end, we are....FOOD ADDICTS

...i got older and my weight became controlled, but I am still a ........FOOD ADDICT!!!....yes, ..............

your words, ......",,,but there is always the thought of food in the back of my mind"............YES, THAT IS IT!!!!

Just so you know,,,and you probably do know.......there are millions more of us in the U.S.A.......!!!!!!

YES...many, many millions more....all kinds of food addicts.....because .....we get addicted very young and it doesn't go away!!!

I started going to Overeaters Anonymous in 1979....(some time ago) I still think of food a lot of the time...Yes, the thoughts are very unpleasant, but I don't act on them..most of the time.....

And it is still a ..ONE DAY AT A TIME PROBLEM....and that is all we can do, is .......One Day At A Time................
..............(sometime one moment at a time)...................................................oh, ....one more thought........
...............It ain't easy....If it were easy to beat this problem, it would be easy...IT AIN'T EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!

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