For years, I used food to deal with my problems. When I was stressed, I ate. When I was angry, I ate. When I felt hurt or overwhelmed, I turned to food instead of turning to God. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was using food as an escape—stuffing down emotions instead of dealing with them.
But the problem with running to food is that it never truly fixes anything. The stress, the anger, the resentment—they were still there, buried under the weight of my compulsive eating. It wasn’t until I started working the 12 steps through a Christ-centered lens that I found a way out.
Step 10 reminds us to "continue to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it." Lamentations 3:40 says, “Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.”
This step changed my life. Instead of using food to numb my emotions, I began examining my heart daily, asking God to show me where I was holding on to resentment, fear, or stress. And when I was wrong, I admitted it—not just to myself, but to God and to those I had hurt.
Today, I no longer need food to deal with my emotions. God is my refuge, not my refrigerator. When I turn to Him instead of turning to food, I find peace that a binge could never give me.
If you’re struggling with emotional eating, you’re not alone. There is a way out, and you don’t have to walk it alone. Join us at Reshape and Recover, where faith and recovery come together.
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