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I read a post about some woman comparing addictions to being fat. The parallel was reasonable but ultimately in the end she doesn't have any idea what an addiction like being, doped up, is otherwise she would understand it hurts...
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Posted by:
occaeco
(male, 30-ish)
(Posted 7/13/06)
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Baiton
(7/14):
an addiction is an addiction whether it be to food or to drugs. Either way they both can kill you. Neither one of them are good for your heart or health, I am not sure what the woman was talking about but I've heard of drugs and being fat kill a person, either physically or mentally. There is no comparison. The only difference is that you are talked about more when your fat then when you are on drugs. Some people can hide it well others well it shows!
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occaeco
(7/14):
Fair enough, but ultimately in the end no one becomes psychologically dependent on food. It is possible to cut back and refrain from eatin too much. Let us not be foolish people.
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amberjade11
(7/18):
Umm, yeah. Acutually people can become addictted to food. My main point: Let's not judge anyone let's look at ourselves. Her addiction is just as real to her as Occaeco's to crack
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jjbluej
(7/18):
What? All the sudden its- my addiction is worse than yours? PUH-leaze! Either way you turn to it when you hurt, and like B- says, some are well hidden. I have dealt with over-weight people and a majority of them were raised to be that way, and others have no choice. With drugs... well that was a bad choice to begin with! It is my belief that if you don't want to be addicted to drugs, then DON'T try them to begin with. Peer pressure be damned!!! Don't give in, get PISSED! Because not everyone has an addictive personality, but do you really want to find out the hard way? All you can do is find the love in yourself, and let it shine thru.
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Tboneya
(8/19):
"No one becomes psychologically dependent on food." ????? With all do respect, nothing could be farther from the truth. If it was as easy as cutting back on food intake, or refraining from eating to much, there would be few obese people walking the streets. All addictions are a threat to one's life, but eating disorders have a unique problem. THE RECOVERING PATIENT STILL HAS TO EAT. While a drug addict or alcoholic can possibly stop cold turkey, never taking another drink, people who abuse food still have to consume what is killing them. One thing for sure, I would love to be the person who invents the pill that finally deals with this sickness. He/She just might wind up being the richest person on the planet.
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occaeco
(8/27):
It's called speed and all of the dumb asses walking the planet don't know how to handle it responsibly.
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nixon_in_china
(5/22):
comparing is another trap we fall into. just live life and dont worry about others.
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Anonymous
(5/31):
Being fat hurts.
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Dimples
(8/5):
It always amazes me that people who let their bodies get completely out of control and eat their way to all sorts of health issues make light of other addictions. We are to feel sorry for these people and help them blame every source under the sun but their own inability to leave that second and third and fourth pork chop on the platter instead of stuffing them in their pie holes! If a drug addict or alcoholic can stop cold..so can you! A drug addict and alcoholic have to abstain completely, but you people can still eat. Don't you have sense enough to know when you are full? Yes, you still have to eat, but no one is forcing you to eat everything in your sight. It is this kind of arrogance and denial that keeps fat people FAT. You deserve no special treatment nor sympathy. Just as any other addiction, you have to accept you have a problem and YOU have to begin the solution. I get sick and tired of fat people blaming everything in the world for their weakness. Cut down on the food! No one is holding a gun to your head to make you eat like a hog and look like one.
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