text: how do you get to the bottom of compulsive eating? i know that extreme overeating is more an emotional/spiritual problem than a "dieting" problem. but how do you figure out what is causing you to do it? i've tried to find my trigger, but i just can't and i don't stop eating until i'm miserable. frankly i'd be a very attractive person if i wasn't 265 pounds, and i'm just afraid i'm going to get worse. (i'm 37.) i know this sounds dumb but prayer thats what helped me and continues to do so. i cried out to god for years about this one and finally he helped me. it was a living hell,i have an idea of the pain you must be experiencing and i know how horrible a world it is you are feeling with this problem and by the way im sure you are already attractive even with the weight on but i know you're the one who has to look at yourself in the mirror and you break your 'standard' of what beauty is. i remember being revolted at myself about how i ate and about how i felt and looked. im so sorry for you but at the same time excited that i know that a loving god does hear our prayers and if you dont mind i will be praying for you darls. i know it doesnt sound like much of an answer but really with any addiction most people find that a higher power is the only real long lasting answer and yes it is an addiction. food comfort amongst other reasons only god knows. love to you my dear from the father!!!!!!!!!by the way im not a religious nut just a person with empathy that really wants your freedom from this sad place you find yourself. michelle