Overeaters Anonymous
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The 15 Questions:
Are you a Compulsive Overeater?
This series of questions may help you determine if you are a compulsive overeater. Many members of OA have found that they have answered yes to many of these questions.
- Do you eat when you are not hungry?
- Do you go on eating binges for no apparent reason?
- Do you have feelings of guilt and remorse after overeating?
- Do you give too much time and thought to food?
- Do you look forward with pleasure and anticipation to a time when you can eat alone?
- Do you plan these secret binges ahead of time?
- Do you eat sensibly in front of others and make up for it alone?
- Is your weight affecting the way you live your life?
- Have you tried to diet for a week (or longer) only to fall short of your goal?
- Do you resent others telling you to "use a little willpower" to stop overeating?
- Despite evidence to the contrary, have you continued to assert that you can diet "on your own" whenever you wish?
- Do you crave to eat at a definite time, day or night, other than mealtime?
- Do you eat to escape from worries or trouble?
- Have you ever been treated for obesity or a food-related condition?
- Does you eating behavior make you or others unhappy?
(Note: This material is copied verbatim from the "15 Questions" literature of Overeaters Anonymous. It is copyright 1986, 1989 and 1995 Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. all rights reserved, and it is used with permission of the copyright holder.)
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