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Welcome to this qualification meeting. I am a food addict from Northern California.I love being reminded in every meeting of what it was like, what happened, and what it is like today, because when I came to this program, the first meeting I went to gave me hope. I went home and told my wife […]

I am 54 years old. I came into the program a little over six years ago. I had a couple of breaks, and in two weeks, I will have six years of back-to-back abstinence, God willing. I am deeply grateful for the life I have today and especially for these recordings. When I first came

Why do I come all this way to these conventions? I find it hard to even find the words to describe it. It’s about seeing that long-term recovery is possible for any food addict, including someone like me who was genuinely suicidal and had no way out. Seeing so many people put this program into

I am food addict from California. I came to FA about seven and a half years ago. I first heard about it when I was living in Alaska, where I was raised. I had no idea at the time that I was a food addict, but I couldn’t stop thinking about it. A few days

When I was asked to speak today, I went to look for my pictures and couldn’t find them. I had to go back and look at them, and it was really hard. After I got my 90 days, I didn’t want to look at those pictures. I went to where we kept them, opened the

I’m grateful to be here today, and I’m grateful to be abstinent another day at a time. My story is one of a good childhood but also one of frustration, like many people have, and a life of contented sobriety today that I’m very grateful for. Coming into the program gave me an opportunity to

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