Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous-Philly Local Service Group

02/23/2026

Can a person be addicted to food?
Recovering food addicts say yes. They experience their relationship with food as a form of addiction. They are powerless over where, when, and how much they eat, although many have tremendous willpower in other areas of their lives.

Here are some of the symptoms of food addiction:
Overeating (bingeing or grazing)
Purging (bulimia)
Undereating
Obesity (and related problems such as diabetes, heart disease, and sleep apnea)
Compulsive exercise and dieting
Obsession with food or weight
Depression, shame, isolation, and hopelessness related to food, weight, or body image.
Food addiction tends to remain unrecognized because of the focus on these symptoms rather than their underlying cause – addiction. FA is a program for those who want to stop eating addictively. Like Alcoholics Anonymous, FA treats food addiction as a threefold illness: physical, mental, and spiritual. Recovering food addicts in FA remain at their goal-weight for years and even decades. Long-term abstinence from addictive eating is made possible by a member’s willingness to live a structured way of life and work the Twelve Steps.

This pamphlet is for anyone who wants to learn more about food addiction and the solution offered by Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), a program based on the Twelve Steps of AA

02/22/2026

https://www.foodaddicts.org/

01/29/2026

https://foodaddicts.org/podcast
If you want to hear stories about Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous please follow the link to a podcast

This podcast shares stories of recovery from food addiction.

01/29/2026

There is a solution foodaddicts.org

01/19/2026

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is excited to host a Virtual Information Session, an opportunity for anyone to learn more about the disease of food addiction. Please join us at this virtual meeting to learn more about the experience, strength, and hope that exists in the FA program. This will be an opportunity to hear a variety of stories to increase awareness and learn how you can get started.

FA Events Calendar - Information Sessions, Committee Meetings, Fellowship Events

01/19/2026

01/18/2026

IF YOU CAN RELATE, YOU’RE NOT ALONE! Recovery from food addiction is possible, there is hope! Many of us have found long-term relief from unhealthy eating and obsession with food, weight, and body size in Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA). There are no dues, fees, or public weigh-ins. We invite you to find out more at https://foodaddicts.org/.

You can read the full story "Inch by Inch" from the Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Book of this member sharing their experience, strength, and hope regarding their recovery from the disease of food addiction. https://foodaddicts.org/fa-book-information

01/11/2026

IF YOU CAN RELATE, YOU’RE NOT ALONE! Recovery from food addiction is possible, there is hope! Many of us have found long-term relief from unhealthy eating and obsession with food, weight, and body size in Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA). There are no dues, fees, or public weigh-ins. We invite you to find out more at https://foodaddicts.org/.

You can read the full story "Asking For Abstinence" from the Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Book of this member sharing their experience, strength, and hope regarding their recovery from the disease of food addiction. https://foodaddicts.org/fa-book-information

01/04/2026

IF YOU CAN RELATE, YOU’RE NOT ALONE! Recovery from food addiction is possible, there is hope! Many of us have found long-term relief from unhealthy eating and obsession with food, weight, and body size in Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA). There are no dues, fees, or public weigh-ins. We invite you to find out more at https://foodaddicts.org/.

You can read the full story "Freedom" from the Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Book of this member sharing their experience, strength, and hope regarding their recovery from the disease of food addiction. https://foodaddicts.org/fa-book-information

12/31/2025

Twenty Questions
Are you a Food Addict?
To answer this question, ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can.

Have you ever wanted to stop eating and found you just couldn't?
Do you constantly think about food or your weight?
Do you find yourself attempting one diet or food plan after another, with no lasting success?
Do you binge and then "get rid of the binge" through vomiting, exercise, laxatives, or other forms of purging?
Do you eat differently in private than you do in front of other people?
Has a doctor or a family member ever approached you with concern about your eating habits or weight?
Do you eat large quantities of food at one time (binge)?
Is your weight problem due to your "nibbling" all day long?
Do you eat to escape from your feelings?
Do you eat when you're not hungry?
Have you ever discarded food, only to retrieve and eat it later?
Do you eat in secret?
Do you fast or severely restrict your food intake?
Have you ever stolen other people's food?
Have you ever hidden food to make sure you will have "enough?"
Do you feel driven to exercise excessively to control your weight?
Do you obsessively calculate the calories you've burned against the calories you've eaten?
Do you frequently feel guilty or ashamed about what you've eaten?
Are you waiting for your life to begin "when you lose the weight?"
Do you feel hopeless about your relationship with food?

If you answered Yes to any of these questions, you may be a food addict. You are not alone. foodaddicts.org Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous offers hope through a long-term solution for food addiction.