i never become used to beginning a new thread, but...here goes....
Hey Mys, have you considered these yourself? I know one of your stumbling blocks has been a reluctance to attend the meetings in person. Just a thought!
i did think about it, yes, and i still am. but i'm scared and i can't quite figure out why. there's certainly no reason to be...i can enjoy the same anonymity as i do here on the boards and i don't have to worry about the embarrassment of being seen. so i'm not sure what is holding me back. i haven't even been able to force myself to check out the website i posted for lost! i really don't understand my feelings about this, except to say that i know i'm being silly. maybe it could help.........but maybe it won't....hmmm......perhaps that's it - once again, the fear of failure. yeah, i think that's the problem.
Sounds interesting ! I wonder if there's a bulimia online site too !? I am going to check it out whenever I have some free time.
just curious if you have you done so yet?
The feeling I have when I want or have the need to binge is that if I don't do it, I'll go nuts ! It could be an addiction...
i'm not sure what the difference is between an addiction, and simply a compulsion to overeat. but i'd say that a compulsion to overeat more closely defines a bulimic..and if there is compulsiveness about food (and i have that to some degree, too) then i think OA would be a good fit for you. i think it's for anyone who overeats for any reason.
Eating can be an addiction.
it is. we all have to eat, but lucky are those who can always do so in moderation, always eat the right foods, push away desserts and snacks, and simply eat food the way it was intended. *sigh*
So many people are addicted to chocolate, Coca-Cola, bread, pasta, you name it !
true...and don't forget ice cream...
In my case, I am addicted to big portions, no matter what kind of food I am eating ! Finding a way to treat this addiction might help quit the ED... I think.
so maybe you could give OA online a try..? then you can tell me what it's like.
i'm such a coward!!
lost, what about you.. have you tried it? wouldn't it be nice if we could all be on the same one!?
i guess another thing is that i have still been eyeball deep in learning the new computer and windows Vista. i've had the old dinasaur windows 98..i learned the computer on it...it's all i have known and i became used to it. Vista is soooo much different! my new ISP uses webmail and i just didn't like it, so, i figured out how to go back to using OE, nka, Windows Mail. there has been so much to learn and do and try that it's eaten up most of my days. but i'm getting there! the next big headache is to get the old computer's CD drive to work. my brother, g, just sent me a drive from an old computer of his, along with a bunch of other stuff, and instructions how to replace the drive. it will keep john busy! (i don't know a nail from a screw, i have no self-confidence, so i'm not touching anything!) once this is done, i can retrieve all my files and install on the new computer. so yeah, been busy!
thanks g and jam!
Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.
Hey Mys, have you considered these yourself? I know one of your stumbling blocks has been a reluctance to attend the meetings in person. Just a thought!
i did think about it, yes, and i still am. but i'm scared and i can't quite figure out why. there's certainly no reason to be...i can enjoy the same anonymity as i do here on the boards and i don't have to worry about the embarrassment of being seen. so i'm not sure what is holding me back. i haven't even been able to force myself to check out the website i posted for lost! i really don't understand my feelings about this, except to say that i know i'm being silly. maybe it could help.........but maybe it won't....hmmm......perhaps that's it - once again, the fear of failure. yeah, i think that's the problem.
Sounds interesting ! I wonder if there's a bulimia online site too !? I am going to check it out whenever I have some free time.
just curious if you have you done so yet?
The feeling I have when I want or have the need to binge is that if I don't do it, I'll go nuts ! It could be an addiction...
i'm not sure what the difference is between an addiction, and simply a compulsion to overeat. but i'd say that a compulsion to overeat more closely defines a bulimic..and if there is compulsiveness about food (and i have that to some degree, too) then i think OA would be a good fit for you. i think it's for anyone who overeats for any reason.
Eating can be an addiction.
it is. we all have to eat, but lucky are those who can always do so in moderation, always eat the right foods, push away desserts and snacks, and simply eat food the way it was intended. *sigh*
So many people are addicted to chocolate, Coca-Cola, bread, pasta, you name it !
true...and don't forget ice cream...
In my case, I am addicted to big portions, no matter what kind of food I am eating ! Finding a way to treat this addiction might help quit the ED... I think.
so maybe you could give OA online a try..? then you can tell me what it's like.
i'm such a coward!!lost, what about you.. have you tried it? wouldn't it be nice if we could all be on the same one!?
i guess another thing is that i have still been eyeball deep in learning the new computer and windows Vista. i've had the old dinasaur windows 98..i learned the computer on it...it's all i have known and i became used to it. Vista is soooo much different! my new ISP uses webmail and i just didn't like it, so, i figured out how to go back to using OE, nka, Windows Mail. there has been so much to learn and do and try that it's eaten up most of my days. but i'm getting there! the next big headache is to get the old computer's CD drive to work. my brother, g, just sent me a drive from an old computer of his, along with a bunch of other stuff, and instructions how to replace the drive. it will keep john busy!
(i don't know a nail from a screw, i have no self-confidence, so i'm not touching anything!) once this is done, i can retrieve all my files and install on the new computer. so yeah, been busy!thanks g and jam!
Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.
I agree with here questions!!!!! 
this is what i know...i feel comfortable here with all of you. i'm not sure i could ever feel that level of security anywhere else, actually.
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go for it Mys. nothing ventured you know? the NA ending mantra goes like this: it works if you work it so work it you're worth it
appears with all its light and warmth. 
really, tho...maybe i don't belong here. i WANT to be here, but i fear i might be a discouragement to you and others who are really trying hard to work thru their eds...and i'm just sitting here idly gathering dust and offering up hypocritical advice. 
