I was first introduced to RFA about eight years ago. I attended a half dozen meetings and a couple related group activities. I couldn't believe how good the food tasted at the one event where we had a potluck. For various reasons, the most important being a high chaos quotient in my life, I was unable to get clean and unable to keep trying.

Eight years later, i have accumulated more weight and more weight related health problems. I do have the desire to "get clean". I am hopeful that this time is different. I have had multiple addictions in my life and when I tried to become clean in rfa before, one of the other addictions was in full swing. This together with the food addiction created so much chaos.

Today all other addictions are as well managed as they have ever been. The food addiction is the "top plate" so to speak.
I have picked up my attendance at other 12 step meetings. I see there is now an rfa meeting in toronto, 50 miles south of where I live. I went out last night and did my first clean shopping for groceries and feel good about this. As I type I am eating a modified version iof Ma\rtha's mush - but a version that never the less is rfa clean. measured not weighed. I still have to get a set of small scales.

Wish me well. I pray for a clean 24 hours.

Tim S Barrie Ontario

Tim--

Welcome back! Yep, food scales are definitely a tool of my program--helps me with the honesty piece, for sure, which is HUGE for this recovering food addict. There is also the Friday night phone meeting held 9 PM EDT and 8 PM CDT (not sure which time zone you are in up there). Dial 1-218-339-4300 then when prompted the code is 1086405# then 1 if code is entered correctly. Once inside hit *6 to mute or unmute. Good recovery on that meeting.

I, too, have multiple addictions, and as Kay Sheppard and others have shared, the last is the hardest to let go of. For me, that was food.

Holler if you have any questions!

Steve in Georgia

Welcome back, Tim! Grateful to be abstinent today - Alison