Bad Appetite

You fail to consider/mention that if your friend is eating in an American restraunt, then the salad she ate is 2 -3 times the portion size it should be, and the bread she did eat was more than enough to fill her dietary requirements for that meal. If I order a meal at any restraunt I have at least enough food for two meals, and sometimes three. Especially if appetizers are ordered. Maybe she's just eating until she's not hungry anymore and not necessarily restricting herself at all. You don't have to unbutton your pants everytime you eat. I hate when people accuse me of being anorexic when I'm just a sensible eater who listens to my body. When a side salad and a 1/4 of a GIANT restraunt sandwich satifies my hunger, and I want to snack on another 1/4 of the sandwich at 2:00 instead of a candybar pick-me-up people look at me like I'm crazy. I should have stuffed myself, taken a nap at my desk, and then had the candybar on top of it. I would have felt so much more energized and happy if I hadn't restricted my self with anorexic tendancies.

I wonder how this would work if applied to addiction - say alcohol addiction. We all know alcoholics wanting to quit drinking can never return to occasional drinking, let alone tasting the first sip of alcohol. Undoubtedly this would require much self-control from the alcoholics. Sure, having that sip or glass would make them so much happier, but I guess happiness is hard to come by in the road to recovery, especially in the early stages when alternate activities that bring happiness are not established yet for the recovering alcoholic?