Also, the sorts of disordered food dynamics I'm talking about aren't just about whether or not to eat some chips. I know someone who cannot sleep if he doesn't get out of bed and run out and buy the snack he's craving. I know someone who will spend 12 hours (!!!) fantasizing about what kind of Starbucks latte to buy and then shame herself for buying it. I know someone, a thin 20-somethings man, who would drive one town over to buy 2 Safeway sheet cakes and eat them in the parking lot. All of these people went to OA to address the painful, obsessive, disordered relationship to food that was consuming their mental energy in a painful and disruptive way.
BTW, I totally agree with your general point! I don't mean to pile on. I just want to assert that it's possible to be body positive while still recognizing that some people are tortured by their relationship to food and not just as a means to weight lose. Weight lose is in there, CERTAINLY, but so is addiction and obsession.
In reply to <p>The Overeater's Anonymous by Dmelkins
Also, the sorts of disordered food dynamics I'm talking about aren't just about whether or not to eat some chips. I know someone who cannot sleep if he doesn't get out of bed and run out and buy the snack he's craving. I know someone who will spend 12 hours (!!!) fantasizing about what kind of Starbucks latte to buy and then shame herself for buying it. I know someone, a thin 20-somethings man, who would drive one town over to buy 2 Safeway sheet cakes and eat them in the parking lot. All of these people went to OA to address the painful, obsessive, disordered relationship to food that was consuming their mental energy in a painful and disruptive way.
BTW, I totally agree with your general point! I don't mean to pile on. I just want to assert that it's possible to be body positive while still recognizing that some people are tortured by their relationship to food and not just as a means to weight lose. Weight lose is in there, CERTAINLY, but so is addiction and obsession.