My name is Will and I'm addicted to food. When I was younger, I reached the weight of at least 250 lbs., which was a wake-up call for me. It's been about 6 months since I last binged on food.
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Originally Posted by Halx
For people who have never been addicted to things, its hard to sympathize with the physiological and psychological urges one feels.
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I like to explain it like this:
"Have you ever eaten a piece of cake, and it was delicious and filling? Did you go back and eat two more pieces right after and then a few more the next morning? No? I don't understand that. It makes absolutely no sense to me not to eat several pieces of cake in one sitting and then finish the cake later. I don't understand people who can just eat a hand-full of chips or that only eat half a piece of pizza. How in the world could you have enough? It's delicious and the feeling is unbelievable.
The fact of the matter is that I'm not wired the same as you, as most people. My brain says "eat it, and eat it all". Consequences aren't even an afterthought."
The only reason I'm healthy now is the continual battle with the impulse to binge. And sometimes I lose that battle, sometimes badly. I know this battle will be with me for the rest of my life and it's a daily exercise for me to accept that.
I won't liken food addiction to alcoholism or addiction to narcotics, but it's an addiction and it's serious.