Overeaters Journal

the long version

As a 328-pound woman, Debbie Danowski was eating her way to an early death when she entered a food addiction treatment center in 1990. During her six-week stay at the facility, Danowski was required to keep a daily journal-a task she dreaded but later credited with helping to save her life. The pages of her journal provided the first safe place for Danowski to explore her deepest, most humiliating experiences with food and eating. Writing about her thoughts and feelings proved to be a key to unlocking her lifelong food obsession.Now, Danowski combines her extraordinary insights and writing expertise in The Overeater's Journal, a gentle, constructive guide to discovering how your own words can help you heal from food obsession or addiction.