Jeri (LGBT Meeting, July 2018)

Jeri, member since 2011, identifies as a compulsive overeater.
Jeri's share from the Monday evening LGBT meeting includes the
following themes: compulsive overeater for whole life • loneliness
• salty-sweet-salty-sweet-the dog • food was my friend • popcorn
& vodka • fullness & hunger: triggers • exercise bulimia •
dieting • why come to OA? • not struck by abstinence • why keep
coming back? • 1st sponsor • oversharing • slowly food starts to
drop away • surrendering certain foods • 2 years popcorn-free • I'm
human, not broken • meetings ruin eating, & I need it to do
that • cultivate self-love, not skinny or perfect • benefits of
dancing • done being mad at my body • acceptance of aging body