Sandra loved food and enjoyed ballet but felt body conscious and always seemed to be on a diet with her mum. She soon realized that she could use food to control her emotions and feelings but soon moved on to smoking, drinking and drugs in her early teens as an escape. Sandra became bulimic, used to binge and purge food frequently and although she sought help in her early 20’s still couldn’t control her eating. She found Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) in her late 20’s and was finally able to overcome her obsession with food and develop a normal attitude to food and eating.

Anna was born with an addictive personality, was always fascinated by food and as a child used to take extra food for later.  She realized that she could starve herself up to 3 days to stay in a right-sized body. Anna went on her first diet at 11 years old and was soon on a cycle of binge-starve-diet to control her weight. She turned to long distance running but even then found that she put on weight.  Anna searched for help on-line, eventually found FA and immediately realized that she had found the solution to her food obsession.

If you’re experiencing difficulties in life as a result of your relationship to food and eating then Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous could help you. Give them a call on 1800 717 446, email them at faaustralia@foodaddicts.org or see their website foodaddicts.org.