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I am a from California and China. I came into FA in the fall of 2007, almost 13 years ago. I’ve been abstinent for a little over five years, and before that I spent eight years in and out of the program, doing it my own way. I was upset at what I saw as […]

Welcome to this qualification meeting. I am a food addict from the UK, and I am your leader for this hour. After a moment of silence, will you please join me in the Serenity Prayer? God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can,

I came into this program in September 2002 at 42 years old. I wasn’t expecting to see 43. I wasn’t sure how much I weighed, but when I went to the doctor, the nurse would always write 350 plus on my chart because their scale only went up to 350 pounds. I assumed I weighed

I came through the doors of Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous 25 years ago. I never believed in miracles until I came here. My life has changed so dramatically that I’m still in awe when I look at where I am today compared to where I came from. I was born 69 years ago into

Looking back on my recovery in FA, I came in in May of 2003. I was 35 years old. My top weight was 420 pounds. I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew I needed help. I never knew there was help like this out here. Before FA, I never tried diets. I didn’t

I can’t even tell you how grateful I am to be here, to be abstinent, to be thin, to not be eating one day at a time, and to not be drugging and drinking and doing all the other things I used to do. I’ll tell you a little bit about where I was, what

I am very grateful, and I have a special affinity for these 12 Step tapes. When I came into the FA program five and a half years ago, the closest person with 90 days lived about 3,500 miles from me. These tapes were my lifeline. There were only about 10 tapes then, and my sponsor

I can’t believe I’m here today. This is as far from what I thought I’d be doing six years ago. I still pinch myself at every meeting to make sure this is real. I’m so grateful to be a food addict—grateful to know it, accept it, and work this program like my life depends on

I’m here to tell my story. I’m a little nervous, but it begins when I was young, so that’s where I’ll start. I’m 58 years old now. I came into this program when I was 47. I’m five-foot-three, and today I weigh 115 pounds. My highest weight was 181 — a number I only saw

 I came to these rooms honestly, although years ago I never would have considered myself a food addict. I could say I was a compulsive overeater, but “food addict” felt different—like an identity rather than a behavior. Over the ten years I’ve been here, I’ve come to accept that I am a food addict.