This book was highly recommended by Brad from the No God OA Podcast (Season 1 Episode 45: What is it so hard to get back on track after a relapse?).
Book: Dopamine Nation
Podcast: Beyond Belief Sobriety
This podcast is about addiction in general rather than about food addiction specifically. It is secular in nature, so may be of help to people who find twelve step programs too religious in nature.
Provocation: Mistakes
Can you learn to live with the fact that you are human, and you are going to make mistakes?
Provocation: Isn’t that Special?
Do you think you are somehow special and the rules (and tools) don’t apply to you?
Story: Cat’s Tongue
How was it then?
In Japan, if you always end up burning your tongue on hot food or drinks, they say you have a “cat’s tongue” (猫舌, nekojita). I would always tell people this as I burned my tongue on whatever I was eating. I would burn my tongue several times a week because I couldn’t wait for the food to cool down before I ate it. If there was food in front of me, I had to eat it NOW. There was no later.
~ A Food Addict
How is it now?
Now, I have the patience to cook meals, which I lacked before, and I also have the patience to wait to eat my meals when the time is right.
Sometimes my meal will be all ready and waiting for me, but I just have to attend to one thing before I eat, and I am perfectly capable of doing that thing, calmly and properly, and then returning to start my meal when it is done.
This was not possible before. The full equation was, “food = eat”. There was no getting between me and my food, even if it meant that I would have a sore and uncomfortable mouth for days.
~ A Recovering Food Addict
Provocation: Grant Me the Serenity
Are aware of the connection between food addiction and serenity?
When you are agitated, you are more likely to reach for food as a way to calm yourself down.
Are you actively seeking serenity in your life?
