Are you a compulsive eater?

Ask yourselves these questions:

• Do you eat when you’re not hungry?
• Do you hide your eating behavior from others?
• Do you overeat and then starve yourself, purge, take laxatives, or exercise for hours?
• Do you repeatedly promise yourself you will change your eating behavior and then continue it anyway?
• Is your weight affecting the way you live your life?
• Do you get hungry or refuse to eat when things don’t go your way?
• Do you get hungry when there doesn’t seem to be anything to do?
• After you have been frightened or scared about something that has
  happened, do you find yourself hungry or unable to eat?
• When you feel alone do you sometimes use food to get over the feeling?
• After an argument with someone, do you lose your appetite or find yourself wanting to eat?
• Have you ever found yourself eating two breakfasts, lunches, or dinners because you felt the first one was inadequate?
• Do you find yourself planning the next meal before you have finished eating?
• When you sit down to a meal, do you find yourself unable to eat or do you eat more than you want to?
• Do you ever have a sense of being out of control during a meal?
• Have you ever sought outside help to deal with your eating?
• Do you ever attempt to hide your binges by eating in secret or alone or in your car?
• Have you ever turned to diet pills, alcohol or other drugs in an effort to control your eating or relieve depression or guilt?
• Are you obsessed with body image, weight, or exercise?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may have a problem with compulsive eating. You are not alone. There IS recovery.

There IS a Solution!

Compulsive Eaters Anonymous-HOW is a group of individuals, who through shared experience and mutual support, are recovering from compulsive eating. We welcome everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively. There are no dues or fees for members; we are self-supporting through our own contributions, neither soliciting nor accepting outside donations. CEA-HOW is not affiliated with any public or private organization, political movement, ideology or religious doctrine; we take no position on outside issues. Our primary purpose is to abstain from compulsive eating and to carry the message of recovery to those who still suffer.

We welcome you to attend a meeting of CEA-HOW to see first-hand how the program works. You don’t need to call ahead or make a reservation. Just show up, and we’ll welcome you with open arms.