Letters and Articles

These articles and letters are strictly my personal opinions based on personal experience. Please take what you need and leave the rest. I'm not always right and in a lot of cases, I've changed my mind over time as I've gained more insights and experience. In some cases, they were written when I was involved in Overeaters Anonymous or other 12 Step groups. In other's they were written when I was involved in yo-yo dieting, and still others may be quite recent Everything in this section reflects my point of view on the date that it was written. The reason they are here is because I feel they may contain information that is relevant to the process of growth and healing.

• Kitchen Faucets. – Procrastination and making the present a more self loving experience.
• A matter of life and death. – Giving ourselves credit for small steps.
• Chairs, Misery, and Old Attachments – To change the things I can.
• The Mallet. – Healing happens when you're ready.
• Lifestyle not Diet. – Dave talks to a friend about getting started.
• Food Plans. Developing a "Food Plan".
• Failure. – Learning what doesn't work.
• Mourning as part of recovery. Making way for change.
• Old tapes and recovery. – Dealing with the past.
• Processing Feelings. – Dave shares his feelings instead of eating over them.
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea & CPAP Machines – Dave's Experience.
• Managing the Symptoms of Mental Illness – An article Dave wrote several years ago.
• Touching my own history – Connecting to my past and my self.
• Under My Own Power  – On riding bicycles and the changes in my life.
• More 12 Step and OA based articles in the OA section

This web site is for informational purposes only and is not meant to serve as medical advice or to replace consultation with a professional dietician, nutritionist, physician, or mental health professional. None of the information presented within this web site is meant to diagnose, prescribe, or to administer to any physical or emotional ailments or conditions..