[quote=briansd1]But if people can say no to drugs and alcohol and smoking then why can’t people say no to food.
Is shopping an addiction too? There are studies that indicate that people who are chronic shoppers or buy things they can’t afford suffer from self-esteem or other psychological problems.
And why do all kids have to eat the same? My big bro is 9 years older than me. We never ate the same portions when I was growing up.[/quote]
One more thing about comparing drugs/alcohol to food…
It’s easier to say no to something that you do not need to survive, so can more effectively keep it out of your environment. Food is essential to survival. What sort of recovery rate would we see if alcohol/drugs were essential to survival, so alcoholics/addicts HAD to use some just to survive, but had to stop after some fairly arbitrary limit? What if they had to stop drinking/using at levels well before the levels that non-alcoholics/addicts used just for survival? THAT is what some food “addicts” are dealing with.
