Are
You A Compulsive
Overeater?
Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous. This series of questions
may help you
determine if you are a compulsive overeater.
- Do you eat when you’re not hungry?
- Do you go on eating binges for no apparent
reason?
- Do you have feelings of guilt and remorse after
overeating?
- Do you give too much time and thought to food?
- Do you look forward with pleasure and
anticipation to
the
time
when you can eat alone?
- Do you plan these secret binges ahead of time?
- Do you eat sensibly before others and make up
for it
alone?
- Is your weight affecting the way you live your
life?
- Have you tried to diet for a week (or longer),
only
to fall
short of your goal?
- Do you resent others telling you to “use a
little
willpower”
to
stop overeating?
- Despite evidence to the contrary, have you
continued
to
assert
that you can diet “on your own”
whenever you wish?
- Do you crave to eat at a definite time, day or
night,
other
than mealtime?
- Do you eat to escape from worries or trouble?
- Have you ever been treated for obesity or a
food-related
condition?
- Does your eating behavior make you or others unhappy?
Have you answered yes to three or more of these questions?
If so,
it is
probable that you have or are well on your way to having a compulsive
overeating problem. We have found that the way to arrest this
progressive disease is to practice the Twelve-Step recovery program of
Overeaters Anonymous.
Is OA for You?
Only you can decide that
question. No one else can make this decision for you. We who are now in
OA have found a way of life which enables us to live without the need
for excess food. We believe that compulsive overeating is a progressive
illness, one that, like alcoholism and some other illnesses, can be
arrested. Remember, there is no shame in admitting you have a problem;
the most important thing is to do something about it.
Reprinted by permission of Overeaters
Anonymous, Inc.
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