Food Addicts Anonymous
Food Addicts Anonymous is a twelve-step program for people with a bio chemical food addictions, patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous. The program is based on the premise that some people are addicted to refined high-carbohydrate foods and need to abstain from those foods in order to avoid overconsumption.[1]
Food Addicts Anonymous was founded in 1987 in West Palm Beach, Florida, where it is still based. The founder calls herself "Judith C."[2][3] By 2007 there were over 150 weekly in-person meetings around the world, plus phone and online meetings.[3][4]
The organisation has meetings currently in the USA, Canada, Australia, England, Norway, Sweden and Ireland. The meetings are sometimes but not always held in the same places they treat other addictions such as alcohol addiction. There is sometimes a link between alcohol addiction and food addiction, (since one of the addictive substances is sugar.) The organization has a suggested food plan that calls for abstinence from sugar, flour, and wheat, but it has no association with diet or weight loss programs.[2]
The Meeting section contains information about four types of meetings:
1. Face-to-Face, or in-person meetings. These are meetings held in certain cities regularly.
2. Phone Meetings-these are free phone meetings available to anyone in the world.
3. Online Meetings- a 24/7 Chat Room.
References
- ^ Abstain from Carbs? 'Food Addicts' Do It One Day at a Time, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 6, 2000
- ^ a b What is Food Addicts Anonymous?, Food Addicts Anonymous website, accessed June 4, 2010a
- ^ a b Food Addicts Anonymous to celebrate, Massapequa Post, November 28, 2007
- ^ Food addicts find support in local meetings, North Country Times, November 13, 2005
External links
- [1] official website
- A 24/7 meeting that occurs online
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