I try not to drink because my family has a history of alcoholism. I'm scared of becoming a drunk and totally destroying my life. As such, I do not drink, smoke, do illegal drugs, gamble, engange in sexual promiscuity, or spend a lot of money shopping or on myself. My one vice is that I am a food addict. Seriously. I have to fight it all the time. Sometimes I give in and binge on foods that comfort me such as sweets and carbs. It's the kind of thing that destroys lives pretty much as drugs and alcohol and gambling and shopping addiction can destroy lives, too. My problem is that the food addiction has made me extremely fat. Therefore, I am depressed about that and have social anxiety. I have trouble meeting people because I know they are judging me. Worst of all I have "such a pretty face" and people don't know what to make of me. They may think I'm pretty and intelligent, BUT....I'm fat!
Please don't give me that crap about "oh just put the food down and go to the gym, lady!" It's the same as telling a crackhead, just put down that pipe and go get a job. Or telling an alcoholic to just quit drinking. It's NOT that easy. It's possible to succeed in losing weight but I think addictive personalities remain the same throughout life. We are never an Ex-alcoholic, ex-gambler, or ex-drug abuser. Or ex-food addict. We can simply be abstinent from our addictive items, with God's help and strength.
