My Big Fat Head

Do you like to eat? Pig out? Stuff your face? Shovel it in? Gulp? Guzzle? Devour?

Is food your go-to drug?

A binge eater for years, I stuffed my emotions down with food and buried them deep inside my stomach, constipating my being. When it was time to fess up and admit that binge eating exists, that I had it, and it’s an addictive disease, I was devastated. I mean, who wants to revoke one’s own food privileges? I could see where downing a bottle of scotch or hitting the bong on a daily basis would be problematic, but an intervention for eating too many Snickers? Come on.

Aw, crap.

My addiction of choice is food, and food worked well, until it didn’t. After years of struggling, I decided to get off the binge party train and was given the gift of sanity. Written in conversational tone with much humor, My Big Fat Head  has given folks with a range of addictions – from eating to gambling to drinking to shopping – hope. I share the journey of my addiction, how it started unconsciously, grew incrementally, and then took on a life of its own. What I know now, and will be forever grateful for, would have caused me to cringe years ago – that mental, spiritual, and physical healing far surpasses that one bite, sip, or high.