Excellent, blt, thank you very much for sharing with us. I would only add to what you and Sorcha have written by saying I watched a doctor the other day who spoke on behaviour and addiction. What he said rings true, esp. with what you've said, blt, in that he inferred people who have any kind of additive behaviour, drugs, illegal or non, food, etc., do so to fill a need. He seems to have had a lot of success in treating food addicts by helping them to identify that need; evidently a lot of people are in denial about whatever those needs may be. I can see that it could be quite scary to confront the real needs that one may have subsumed. It was very interesting.

kat