I was never thin enough

OUR EXPERIENCE
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Discover how many men and women have found freedom from food through the Twelve Steps of Addictive Eaters Anonymous.




Paralysed by denial, now living free


I love our way of life


I am no longer looking in from the outside


I have also been relieved of depression


I was spiralling out of control


Fourteen years of bingeing hell


Finding the answer


A new way of life


I had to surrender


To get well I had to give up the food


Don't quit before the miracle happens


Constant obsession lifted


Freed from obsession


From madness to hope


Today I have a different life


I didn't know what was wrong with me


A life beyond food and addiction


A new way to handle life


A progressive disease


Freed from my secret life


After ten years of depression, my life had hit rock bottom


Freed from food and exercise


From self hatred to sobriety


That first meeting planted a seed


A sense of belonging


My case wasn't different


I've got freedom from eating and thinking about food


Diets and fasting never stopped me bingeing and vomiting
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