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going that there is hope for us, no DEAR matter how far down we are or how far ABBY we have gone. — Janet in Orlando, Fla. SYNDICATED Dear Janet: Thank you for a heart- COLUMNIST warming letter. I hope your success will inspire others who also suffer Dear Abby: I want you to know you from compulsive overeating and are saved my life. I was a lonely, desperate unaware that help is available. woman, dying a slow and painful Overeaters Anonymous has more death. I had an eating disorder and than 6,500 groups in more than 80 weighed more than 400 pounds. I was countries. Chapters are in almost every taking many different medications and city, but anyone who has difficulty suffering from depression, high blood finding one should go to OA.org, or pressure and other ailments. Most of send a long, self-addressed stamped them were the result of my addictive envelope to Overeaters Anonymous eating. I wore a size 52 dress and had World Service Office, P.O. Box 44020, 89-inch hips. I had trouble caring for Rio Rancho, N.M. 87174-4020. myself and wanted to die. Dear Abby: We have a friend who One day, I saw a letter you had lives in another city and takes a lot of printed from a woman who seemed to trips. She visits me a couple of times know what I was feeling. She had gone a year. When she does, she brings to a 12-step program and was happy, a large photo album from her most successful and free from her addictive recent vacation and insists we sit down Pickles is on vacation. PICKLES eating disorder. with her so she can give us a running Seeing her letter gave me a spark commentary about each snapshot. of hope. I sought and found a program We’re pleased that our friend enjoys called Overeaters Anonymous and her trips, but we no longer wish to be began attending meetings. I took a subjected to her “presentations.” How sponsor and am in recovery from the can we gently explain this to her? — food addiction. I lost more than 300 Weary in the West pounds and have lived in a normal-size Dear Weary: Tell her you’d love to body for eight years. hear about her trip, but you’d like Thanks to that letter in your her to show you only two or three of column, and your continuing support her “favorite” pictures from her most of the 12-step programs, I am living memorable destination. a life I never imagined possible. No words can ever express the gratitude I BETWEEN FRIENDS Write Dear Abby at Dearabby.com or P.O. Box feel for what you have done for me and 69440, Los Angeles, Calif. 90069. many others.. Please keep the word UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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