Food Addiction Recovery – #16
Food Addiction or not one thing is very clear to me life is not fair. Maybe life should be fair. At least, that is what I used to think and what I was raised to believe. I know now that life is inherently unfair. Genetics alone make this so. While it is nice to say all people are created equal, we know that that is at least not biologically true and is certainly untrue in other ways as well. Life will remain unfair for a very long time indeed, despite the best efforts of many people. It is difficult to accept that life is often random and arbitrary. Good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people. Food addiction is dealt out to some while others have a hard time putting on weight no matter how much they eat. It is just a profound fact of life. Given this reality, there is no sense in railing against it, complaining, or getting overly upset over unfair treatment. There is also no sense is seeking solace in food over this circumstance, as it will only compound the issue for you if you are a food addict.
Food Addiction and Victim Think
I spent some time getting into “victim think” about how awful, horrible and terrible it was that I was born with a genetic predisposition to be overweight, into a family that had issues with food, and into a culture that made it exceptionally easy to be overweight. All of that “victim think” and angst about this unfairness only made me anxious and depressed. I wallowed in self-pity, which triggered cravings and fueled my desire to emotionally eat.
Those of us with a food addiction in particular need to accept that life is unfair, people can be unfair, and society is unfair. I decided to get on with life and make the best of a bad situation. Live life to the fullest. I do strive to fix the unfairness I can do something about (see Wikipedia here “Serenity Prayer”), but I refuse to let this unfairness drag me down into negative emotional territory that can lead to emotional eating or worse. I accept that life is inherently unfair and that I can’t do much about this, for the most part. What I can do for myself as a food addict is to refuse to eat over the situation. You can do the same.
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