He started raiding the kitchen at age six and by age eight was a lonely, emotional binge eater. Then, as a young Black man over 300 pounds, a room full of women in Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) showed him the way to love, peace, serenity, and a healthy body.

Her health was failing fast: asthma, diabetes, multiple medications, physical agony...not to mention depression, isolation, and shame. “Now I ride horses! I ride bikes! Thanks to FA, today I enjoy a life second to none.”

Living a childhood of uncertainty, she constantly sought out food and the people who would give it to her. Nothing stopped her addiction until she got serious about Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA).

Anxious, defensive, and suspicious of everyone, she self-medicated with food. And it worked. . . until it didn’t. When she said, today is the day, Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) gave her back her life.

From 3rd-grade gym class weigh-in humiliations to multiple serious adulthood health issues, she was afraid of what was coming next. At 22 years old and 280 pounds, addicted to food, cigarettes, and unhealthy relationships, she found Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA).

A former chef with multiple addictions, this food addict hit bottom and found his solution in the tools of Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) and a life guided by a power greater than himself.

Magical thinking around food led to wild mood swings and self-hatred. Today he’s honest about who he is, a food addict in recovery.

This former bulimic was a “troubled youth” and lived years as a person she didn’t want to be. Today, honesty, gratitude, and loving relationships mark her journey to recovery.

To avoid any kind of pain, this Australian spent many years and thousands of dollars trying to battle her active addiction. When she found Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), she said These are my people. I belong here.

Joining Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) as a college student and deeply resistant to the program, she finally learned that she could put her recovery first - and STILL have the life of her dreams