Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (Author, Publisher), Peter Berkrot (Narrator), Cassandra Campbell (Narrator),

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What makes some people continue to eat when they are not hungry? Why are they unable to stick to a diet despite warnings from doctors and their own understanding of health and nutrition?

Most people are familiar with the concept of alcoholism and drug addiction, but the idea that certain foods and quantities of foods can be addictive is only slowly gaining acceptance. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is for anyone who wants to learn more about food addiction and the solution offered by Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA).

The audiobook includes an explanation of food addiction, a history of FA, and 30 personal stories of members who tried countless solutions to address their problems with food and found a long-term answer in FA.

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12 hours and 7 minutes
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Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
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Peter Berkrot, see all
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Aug. 12 2020
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English
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Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
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B08FRPVX9V
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Listening Length	12 hours and 7 minutes
Author	Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
Narrator	Peter Berkrot, Cassandra Campbell, Kitty Hendrix, Teri Shnaubelt, Sean Pratt, Devon Sorvari
Audible.ca Release Date	August 12 2020
Publisher	Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B08FRPVX9V
Best Sellers Rank	#19,851 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #133 in Self-Help for Eating Disorders & Body Image Issues #147 in Women and Eating Disorders #215 in Drug Dependency & Recovery

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D. Reynolds

A window looking in on this hidden in plain sight phenomenon

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2022

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This book is written for the open fellowship of Food Addicts in Recovery book sharing experiences of food addiction,especially sugar and flour products. The only requirement to be in this fellowship is the desire to stop eating addictively. That means to stop using food to make you feel better eg when upset/happy/depressed. More details on w w w. f o o d a d d i c t s . o r g

If someone in your life eat things made of sugar and flour and seems unable to stop, this is the book for them.

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Markus K.

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Reviewed in Germany on June 5, 2020

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Viel persönliche berichte/ Erfahrungen aber kein praktische Hilfe

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Anthony J. O'krongly

I did the Food Addicts in Recovery Program for 1 month, and still follow the guidelines. Full review

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2020

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This book is part of the Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous program. The book itself is great for understanding the many facets of food addiction - sugar, flour, and large quantities. It also shows example of people who are food addicts who are not necessarily obese - such as bulimics, extreme dieters and people who use massive amounts of exercise to cover their food addiction. All of these are forms of food addiction. They are all damaging.

The book itself is just the basic tenets of the program (without any dietary details) and lots and lots and lots of stories. Food addiction has an easy definition. "An inability to control your eating in a way that makes your life unmanageable." For most people this expresses itself through uncontrolled weight gain and an inability to change even when you really really want to.

I'm 51 year old male and I joined Food Addicts in Recovery at 272 lbs. This book is a very small part of that program. The program itself involves having a sponsor, attending 3 meeting a week, calling other addicts on a daily basis for support (and having them call you), following a specific eating program that is approved every day by your sponsor (through a phone call), meditating, reading approved literature and a few other things. It is a very strict program, but it is also very helpful. The main program doesn't really stress the 12 steps of recovery. There is a sister program called AWOL (A Way of Life) that you do that goes through the 12 steps in order.

What I liked about the program. Changing my mentality from "dieting" or "managing my weight" to seeing myself as a "food addict" with a lifelong affliction caused by Sugar, Flour and Quantities changed my life. Since starting the program 2 months ago I have eaten no sugar, no flour and I measure all my food to the 1/10 of an ounce. After a short transition period when my body was craving sugar I found it to be the easiest way to happily live with food. The sponsor and accountability helped. The regular meetings (via Zoom on the computer due to covid-19) helped. The focus on meditation, writing in a journal, etc. helped.

It's impossible not to lose weight as a result. But the goal is to change your LIFELONG addiction to sugar, flour and quantities, not to "lose weight" and then resume your old eating habits. I am a lifelong food addict. I will never eat sugar or flour again and will always have to manage my quantities by weighing and measuring my food.

The food part is simple... I'm a man so it's... Breakfast - 3 eggs, 8 oz of fruit, 1 dry ounce of oatmeal before adding water. Lunch 6 oz of protein, 6 oz of cooked vegetables, 8 oz salad with 1 tablespoon of oil and 1 tablespoon of vinegar as dressing. Eat that every day (you pick the protein you like each mean and the vegetable you like each meal) and it's impossible not to lose weight. For women I think the eggs are reduced to 2 and the protein to 4 oz per meal.

The reasons I stopped doing the official program.... It's draconian. Depending on your sponsor the rules are insane. No mixing of vegetables (so you can't have peas AND carrots). Cook in only the simplist ways. Only salt, no other flavorings. 100% approval of all food with no changes. If you say your going to eat green beans for lunch you can't switch to peas without approval from your sponsor. Some sponsors don't allow any diet drinks, just water. It depends on your sponsor. I had a "liberal" sponsor who didn't need to know every vegetable by name as long as I followed the guidelines. He let me cook foods together in a wok (because I like stir fry). He let me use soy sauce and spices, and drink diet drinks and caffeine.

But after 30 days I asked, "Can I eat a tomato with my eggs instead of an orange for breakfast." He said, "No, tomato is a vegetable not a fruit." "Can I put chives in my eggs?" "No, chives are a vegetable, you can't have vegetables for breakfast." It's draconian and a bit of a cult. It has all the hallmarks of a religion (and I'm not into religion), so I quit the official program.

I still follow the basic guidelines of the program. ONLY 3 meals per day with NO snacking of any sort in between. The food guidelines listed above. I sometimes cook more than 6 oz of vegetable and eat less than 8 oz of raw vegetables, but I follow the general guidelines. They say no alcohol. I still have a scotch in the evening. I drink diet tea and diet Coke. But I can follow MY plan based on this book for LIFE. I would not have been able to follow their expanded program that is not in the book for life.

Yes, I've lost nearly 30 lbs in 2 months. I have no doubt I will be to my goal weight of 190 lbs in 6-8 more months. But, the point of the book and being a "food addict" is that the cause of my problems was not my weight. It was sugar, flour and quantities of food. So that will not change when I reach my goal weight. I can never eat sugar, never eat flour and never not measure and weigh my food based on an eating plan for that day. If I do I will simply gain the weight back and my life will become unmanageable again - in more ways than just food.

The book is not magic, but if you allow yourself to be changed by the book then the results are. The full program is very helpful for lots of people and many many people do the full program for decades. It just wasn't my cup of tea. I recommend anyone following this book also find a Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous meeting and go. Check out the program, get a sponsor. You may love it... and the jump start it will give you is life changing. You don't have to be religious. I'm a total athiest and I had no problem with the "higher power" part of the program. I just found the 1000 other rules to be silly (after a while). You may find them liberating and powerful! So, try the full program if you buy this book. They are SUPER SUPER SUPER nice people.

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Libbytw

Understanding Hunger

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2021

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Every story tells my story in a manner of speaking. All this time I thought I had a weight problem, but I've learned I really have a food problem. Although I hate calling myself an 'addict,' when this book changed my life - my attitude, relationships aw well as weight - I can't argue with terminology. If I have to come to terms with the idea of addiction in order to change my life, IT'S WORTH IT!

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DKH

Fascinating stories of improving one's relationship with food.

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2020

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Even though I am not following their strict eating style, these personal stories about learning how to eat properly or with self-restraint are such that many can benefit from. Addresses emotional eating and self-image issues. Talks about having others in your life for support.

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