Roy Holman wrote: > On a spiritual level, I believe I created > this eating disorder to help me finally put my deep-rooted emotional issues > in my face. Food is only one of a long line of emotional numbing and > stimulating tools I have used. - we must dig much deeper to the actual roots of our > imbalance. I identify with this, and found the answer to my food addiction was to get in touch with those emotions that were being numbed by food. I found the answers in the work of Alice Miller who understood that the addictions were the result of suppressing emotions related to childhood trauma. I also found ACOA meetings very helpful. My best, Ellie