Eating Disorders
Dear Doug,
What are your thoughts on eating disorders?
Fred
Hi Fred,
Overeating is probably a biochemical response involving ancestors who never knew where their next meal was coming from. Other disorders may be psychological responses to psychological and emotional abandonment by an alcoholic parent. Some may be connected to alcoholism, since according to some in the eating disorders 12-step programs, 40-50% of compulsive eaters are alcoholics. OTOH, this may be self-selection at work--alcoholics who know about the 12-step programs gravitate toward Overeaters Anonymous, etc.
Best guess. Why do you ask?
Doug
Dear Doug,
I read your site and I was married to women who secretly had bulimia/anorexia. Since she did not drink to excess, to all outward appearances she seemed like someone who had it ...
