I have learned a way of life that enables me to stay still and sober even when difficult feelings arise
For the past 15 years, I have been blessed with sobriety and the ability to avoid eating over my feelings, when I am agitated or...
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MEMBERS' STORIES
All Stories
These are the stories of how some of our members came to find a solution to their food obsession in Addictive Eaters Anonymous. Our membership is diverse with people coming to the fellowship from a variety of backgrounds, and these stories represent the experience, strength and hope of individual AEA members. Any opinions expressed in these stories are those of the individual speakers, and not necessarily those of AEA as a whole.
Sep 11, 20233 min read
Living a life of service
When I finally surrendered after seven years in the programme, my life was a mess, my mind was a disaster zone and I had no peace. One...
May 20, 20236 min read
Things have changed a lot in my life: I realised I was the problem and I stopped blaming others
Things have changed a lot in my life: I realised I was the problem and I stopped blaming others.
Sep 10, 20224 min read
Here in AEA was the answer to all my problems - a Power greater than myself
Although I did my best, for the first 15 years of being in a 12 Step fellowship, I knew I hadn't quite got it. Eventually, I met a woman...
Aug 23, 20223 min read
The Twelve Steps work - whether one at a time or in combination
Right now I am focusing on being open and honest about my life with myself and with my sponsor. I don’t overthink, “Now, I am going to...
Jul 9, 20224 min read
My binge eating finally forced me to work the 12 Steps and open my mind
While a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, attending 12 Step meetings for years, I got by working the first half of the First Step. I...
Jun 9, 20223 min read
Life in Addictive Eaters Anonymous provides me with the freedom to have great adventures
Before I came into the fellowship of Addictive Eaters Anonymous, I lived full of fear, resentment, self-pity, shame, and self-obsession....
May 10, 20226 min read
I knew I was a food addict and I had to come back to Addictive Eaters Anonymous to find recovery
Many years ago, when I first heard sober members sharing, I had no problem believing I was an addictive eater. The food really had me. I...
Mar 28, 20222 min read
My bingeing and vomiting was diagnosed as an eating disorder - it was addiction
When I was in college, nearly twenty years ago now, I did an online quiz on eating disorders. It concluded I had an eating disorder,...
Feb 13, 20224 min read
Here in AEA was the answer to all my problems - a Power greater than myself
The Big Book makes it clear that I have to replace my old way of life with a Power greater than myself. Here was the answer to my problems.
Nov 29, 20212 min read
All is well since AEA's 12 Steps freed me from addictive eating and self-centred thoughts
Right now, all is fundamentally well. I have taken a few minutes to write as three preschoolers play around me. I have an opportunity to...
Sep 10, 20214 min read
Daily structure helped reconnect me with my Higher Power for an enjoyable life
The first thing that came into my life when I started going to meetings in a 12 Step fellowship was some daily structure.
Jul 22, 20213 min read
Working the steps for a life of sobriety in Addictive Eaters Anonymous
Working the steps for a life of sobriety in Addictive Eaters Anonymous. It has been a long time now since I have eaten addictively.
Jun 15, 20214 min read
I have received the gift of sobriety through trust and constant surrender of my self-seeking ways
As I approach my tenth year in a 12-Step programme, I appreciate how many blessings have come into my life that I could not have even...
May 23, 20214 min read
Finally free of compulsive exercise, addictive eating, anger and self-obsession
Seventeen years ago I didn’t know what was wrong with me, but I knew something wasn’t right. I was often angry, confused, and troubled....
Apr 10, 20214 min read
Living in the solution
Living in the solution in Addictive Eaters Anonymous - Surrender, sponsorship, spirituality and service help me to achieve sobriety.
Mar 16, 20213 min read
Sobriety in Addictive Eaters Anonymous transformed my unmanageable life
I knew I was powerless over food, because of my eating. I could see how powerless I was, but I didn't understand my unmanageable life.
Feb 9, 20212 min read
What it was like, what happened and what it is like now
What it was like - eating addictively was torment every day I woke up each morning, beating myself up for bingeing the day before. The...
Jan 16, 20214 min read
“First Things First” - Recovery in Addictive Eaters Anonymous is my priority today
How has the slogan “First Things First” helped me recover from addictive eating? My sponsor made it very clear to me that her recovery...
Dec 11, 20204 min read
Am I entirely ready? - experience of Step Six in Addictive Eaters Anonymous
After sharing my inventory in Step Five, I thought I was ready for Step Six, ‘Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of...
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