state of recovery

i've overhead conversations about recovering alcoholics who attend meetings as a part of their continued recovery. i've watched documentaries about food addicts who explain how difficult it is to live with an addiction that you struggle with each time you sit down to eat each meal and snack. understanding my relationship with food and the emotions that surround food will be a constant part of my recovery with food. and i will be in recovery for the rest of my life. isn't the first part of dealing with an addiction is acknowledging that there is a problem that is beyond our control?