Mace (LGBT Meeting, Dec 2018)

Mace, member since 1998/1999, identifies as a compulsive overeater.
Mace's share from the Monday evening LGBT Meeting includes the
following themes: weight gain • the “shoulds” • denial and being
terminally vague • food experiments • leaving job • doom &
gloom person • avoiding discomfort • inviting HP into discomfort •
no guarantees (relying on "guaranteeing HP" only) • fixing the
discomfort (no room for HP) • life: there’s never enough • tender
& vulnerable