I think this all the time and still usually choose to indulge....Good reminder to make the effort to say no!

I'm sorry I just saw this response. I have had some intense anxiety in the last week and a half (dealing with some stuff with my bf and his mom being sick). This level of anxiety used to have a direct correlation with bingeing and somehow I am managing not to.. but what you wrote about being paralyzed by the binge completely resonates with me -- I have somehow shifted from diving in, but I always always feel I am one poor decision away from bingeing with food or anything else. My father died because of his addiction and I am aware of that every time I over-do ANYTHING (I don't do any drugs though..And have always stayed away because I watched what he went through so that is the silver lining of his addiction, I suppose). It fascinates me to think about all of this...And how we each experience our addictions... The thing I repeat over and over again that has helped me is to have forgiveness and kindness for ourselves. Our inner voice is the most important thing, in my opinion. I believe that little by little, our self-talk will help guide us to eventually figure out better coping and ways of avoiding the binge. Maybe because we need to learn to trust ourselves and THAT loving voice and then maybe we will believe that that food will be there for us another time and we CAN say no right now... Idk..I'm always searching. I'm going to think on this perspective some more. Hugs hugs hugs to you!!

@itsallgood803
Every single time a negative thought about yourself​ comes to mind, combat it to try to hear your inner voice say "STOP" and then something positive and kind. It can be as simple as, "I know you are trying." There is so much importance in the efforts we make and maybe that is all we can congratulate ourselves for sometimes. Maybe start there. You can also visualize a stop sign or the word spelled out. You don't have to talk to yourself out loud, but hear your voice in your thoughts. It takes so much time to reprogram how we talk to ourselves and I struggle with it sometimes still, but just start with the effort of trying and forgiving yourself each time. That's a pretty big task just as it is. I think you'll find that if you're persistent with that for a while, you'll start hearing other positive things, too.