Lighten Up!
MEREDITH M
., ME
New Construction
I
got abstinent while working on a construction site with a team of very big, caring, and supportive guys. I told them my ugly stories of how I used to binge on quantities of flour and sugar. They got to see the difference between me as an abstinent person versus me as a person deep in a food fog, and they preferred the abstinent me. One day a worker who was not familiar with my program offered me a sugar product. Before I could politely decline, one of my co-workers immediately jumped out of his chair, pointed a menacing finger at the man, and shouted, “Don’t offer her food!” How’s that for support? Akia W., Virginia, US
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