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I don't really understand a lot of what's been brought up here. First of all, I don't get addiction. My wife would say I'm "addicted" to video games, but if I go a week or more and don't touch one, I'm fine with it. I love food (and am slightly overweight), but I don't gorge myself, and if I go a day without eating much at all, I'm fine. I've never been a smoker or an alcoholic and have never had a drug addiction. Can you explain addiction to someone who's never had one? I liked willravel's comment about it being like the need for air, but I still don't really understand why someone can let something get the best of them like that.
As for the weight issue, many people seem to blame everything and everyone BUT themselves for their problems, and thusly feel they have no power to fix things about themselves that they don't like. It's rampant in American society... I'm fat because McDonald's sells my bad food, I'm fat because I work a lot and "can't" go to the gym, I'm fat because I have an eating disorder (this may not be your FAULT, but there's still something you can do about it), I'm fat because my genetics dictate I'm fat (bullshit! Just becuase your family is fat doesn't mean you HAVE to be). These are just some of the many "poor, poor, pitiful me" excuses that people seem to have. This extends outside of the weight issue as well, and is a key reason why Americans (though I am one) annoy the hell out of me.
You know what? If you don't like something, change it. If you won't change it (won't, not can't... you always CAN try to change things) then STFU. This isn't directed AT anyone here, but is my general view of such matters.
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