I Was an Unhappy Fat Boy, Today I’m a Joyful Thin Man
After losing 130 pounds and gaining it back…twice, on his 34th birthday, Michael Prager had reached 365 pounds. He was often miserable and isolated and alienated people in his life while feeling the ...
6 Feb 202453min
Deception And Persuasion By the Food Industry Contribute To Our Food Addiction
Thirty-four years ago, Dr. Debbie Danowski weighing 328 pounds realized that her life was unmanageable and she decided to enter a food addiction recovery program. Today Dr. Danowski maintains a 170 we...
16 Jan 202451min
The "Addict Brain" Highjacks Our Brains Like a Computer Virus
In his book, Recovery Mind Training Dr. Paul Earley cites the statistic that addiction is a devastating brain disease affecting over 23 million individuals including their loved ones in the U.S. alone...
19 Des 202352min
I Used Food In the Same Ways I Had Used Alcohol and Drugs
When an overweight friend had a stroke, Tony W. realized that if he did not address his own weight and food issues, his health would continue to decline. Weighing 464 pounds, he had many obesity-relat...
5 Des 202348min
Food Was My Friend, My Lover, My Companion
Colleen Y. has been recovering from food addiction for over four years having physically released 150 pounds. Like many food addicts, her history involves eating in secret and planning her food binges...
21 Nov 202353min
A Doctor Told Me I Was Committing Suicide with Food
Once weighing 335 pounds, Lisa K. lost 150 pounds and recovered from her food addiction through treatment and ongoing 12-step work and recovery support. Early in her childhood she had a preoccupation ...
7 Nov 202351min
The American Obesity Epidemic is An Addiction Crisis
Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson has the unique experience of being an addict along with having studied the science of food addiction. In her book Bright Line Eating, The Science of Living Happy, Thin and Fr...
24 Okt 20231h
Follow the Instructions from the Original Recipe to Recover
Dr. Guttorm Toverud has a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of North Carolina and a master's degree in Agency Counseling from Appalachian State University. He specializes in teaching th...
10 Okt 202354min
