| Table of Contents |
| Foreword |
| Preface |
| Chapter 1 - The 12 Steps do work for food and why they haven't worked for you. |
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Why is recovery from food addiction so hard? |
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Who is this book for? |
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How this book is structured |
| Chapter 2 - My Story |
| Chapter 3 - Step 1: Waving the white flag |
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Believing It IS a disease and that IT IS HARD |
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What is the disease and how does it manifest itself? |
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What kind of pain do you want? |
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How exactly am I powerless over it? |
| Chapter 4 - Step 2: Back to our Senses |
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My Own Best Efforts |
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Sponsorship: A bridge between the 2nd and 3rd Steps. |
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Picking a sponsor |
| Chapter 5 - Step 3: Where Reality and Theory Meet |
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Finding a Higher Power - of your understanding |
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The gifts of finding a Higher Power |
| Chapter 6 - The Decision Made, We Need Tools |
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Food Plan and Goal Weight |
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Plan of Eating |
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Action Plan |
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Writing |
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Meetings, Phone and Service |
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Phone, Online Meetings and Podcasts |
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A warning about meetings |
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Literature |
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Summing up so far |
| Chapter 7 - Steps 4 & 5: Moving out of neutral |
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Fear of the 4th Step |
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Doing a 4th Step |
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Resentments |
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Fears |
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Sex |
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Some final thoughts on a 4th Step |
| Chapter 8 - Steps 6 & 7: We're not Perfect after all |
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Character Defects: the Disease's Arsenal |
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Immaturity |
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Narcissism, Ego and Self-centeredness |
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Control Issues |
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Intellectualism and Cynicism |
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Perfectionism |
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Fear of Success/Fear of Unknown Repercussions |
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6th Step - Summing Up |
| Chapter 9 - Step 8 & 9: Facing your Past |
| Chapter 10 - Steps 10 & 11: Moving toward the program ideal |
| Chapter 11 - Step 12: Trust God and Work with Another |
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Service |
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Sponsorship |
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Carrying this message to compulsive overeaters not yet in program |
| Chapter 12 - The Elephant in the Room: Sexuality |
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Attractiveness |
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Self esteem |
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Fear of Success - and Attention |
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Sexuality |
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Intimacy and Love |
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Sex in Marriage |
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Relationships |
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Same sex relationships |
| Chapter 13 - Stopping your next Slip, or are you already in it? |
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Dealing with Relapse - the 12th Step Within |
| Chapter 14 - Two Last Important Topics |
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Getting Outside Help |
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Switching addictions |
| Chapter 15 - The Final Gift (What's in it for me?) |
| APPENDIX I - Helpful slogans and phrases |
| APPENDIX II - Other helpful items |