Overeaters Anonymous

After writing the last post ("FAT people"), I went to the OA website, and now I'm fascinated. Like I said before, I have and irrational fear of becoming fat, and it comes with an unhealthy obsession with fat people. I stare, I lack tact, I overreact. Like the woman at the Snoop Dogg show with her vagina at her knees. I mean, how do you ignore such a thing. Anyway, I'm off track. This is supposed to be about OA. Here is the quiz to see if OA is for you:

1. Do you eat when you're not hungry?
2. Do you go on eating binges for no apparent reason?
3. Do you have feelings of guilt and remorse after overeating?
4. Do you give too much time and thought to food?
5. Do you look forward with pleasure and anticipation to the time when you can eat alone?
6. Do you plan these secret binges ahead of time?
7. Do you eat sensibly before others and make up for it alone?
8. Is your weight affecting the way you live your life?
9. Have you tried to diet for a week (or longer), only to fall short of your goal?
10. Do you resent others telling you to "use a little willpower" to stop overeating?
11. Despite evidence to the contrary, have you continued to assert that you can diet "on your own" whenever you wish?
12. Do you crave to eat at a definite time, day or night, other than mealtime?
13. Do you eat to escape from worries or trouble?
14. Have you ever been treated for obesity or a food-related condition?
15. Does your eating behavior make you or others unhappy?

Have you answered yes to three or more of these questions? If so, it is probable that you have or are well on your way to having a compulsive overeating problem. We have found that the way to arrest this progressive disease is to practice the Twelve-Step recovery program of Overeaters Anonymous.

BTW, I answered yes to three or more. And sometimes I feel like a compulsive overeater. But I'm only pudgy, not FAT (size 12, 5'8," pretty reasonable, I think). But it scares me, that's for damn sure. Trembling in my boots, scary, makes me feel funny, not ok scares me. I'll say it a third time- irrational fear.