Hey people!

Well, as an emotional eater....I thought we could touch on feelings a bit. This could actually be applied to most addictions as well. Most addicts are using their drug of choice as a barrier to have to face feelings and emotions. So this is not just for eating, but try to apply it to your walk in life as well.


My first part is NEGATIVE feelings. Anger, despair, hurt, desolation....all of these are negative feelings. (AS ALWAYS, I AM NOT A DOCTOR AND THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE)

When you have a bad day, over all, you experience lots of little body triggers. Specifically you could have a headache. Body or muscle aches.

As addicts, these feelings seem overwhelming,and thus we must medicate. Angry, hurt, tired? Eat(smoke, drink) and it will maybe not go away, but at least be tolerable and at most may buy us a few moments to work out a solution.

I am having to deal with this type of emotional eating almost analytically. I call it a trigger and treat the feeling as a craving. Its the only way I know to move past it. Distracting is not an option. So I must give myself a way to make a healthy choice.

Lately, I removed all chips from my house. All thats here is pretzels.


This is the first step to the new me.

Nextly, I have a little journal in my purse. I am writing out WHY I feel hurt and angry. This helps me put a little space between the craving and the action.

I feel like I am moving in the right direction.


Genesis


PS. If PEOPLE make you feel negative feelings, one must not blame the resulting behavior on them. One must take personal responsibility for their own actions. You don't MAKE me react. I choose to react badly and thus, have the control.

Let no one control you.

YOU control your own situations.

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