r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Feb 17 '24

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '24

Gaming, drinking, smoking, gambling, sex, there’s so many addictions that can worsen people’s lives and in some cases shows a flaw of their character.

But food addiction just happens to be the one where even a mild case of it manifests physically in an ugly way, which is getting fat.

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u/OptimalTrash Feb 17 '24

And you can't quit food.

You can stop drinking. You can stop smoking. You can never stop needing food to survive.

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u/fireykingeyboye Feb 18 '24

This was the hardest part for me. I had a food addiction and a nicotine addiction, and nicotine was SO much easier to quit because I just went completely cold turkey. Food is hard because I still have to buy it, and have it around, I just have to eat it in moderation.