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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 What A Waste of Money and Time Apr 16, 2009
Betty Sue & BC's mom are so right about this author. While her story of her struggle with food was the main point, I felt that she just vomited all over the pages with selfish opinions and slanderous descriptions about her sister who couldn't defend herself. She sounded so jealous of her sister that it's obvious that she needs to forgive her and move on after 20 or so years of wasted emotion. We all make choices and this author chose to veer completely away from a solution to C.E.O. and offer up nothing but a "poor me" story. It might behoove her to reconcile with her sister while she still has one and get rid of all the hate, bitterness and anger that is causing her heart to be like stone. Only then can she address the poor self image and reflect a positive image for her daughters. I pity her children for her hypocritical example of how to love herself when she can't love her own family. I normally give old books to second hand stores but decided that this book is rubbish, so in the trash it goes!
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 You're not alone, and you can overcome binge eating. Jul 27, 2008
I bought this book because I realized I had a problem with food. None of my friends or family understood my compulsion to overeat. I've read many books about dieting, binge eating and self-help. After reading this book, I found that it was all of these resources wrapped into one. I didn't feel so alone after taking in this story. Everyone's life is dysfunctional in some way or another, and no one is perfect. The author's story puts this into perspective, and I took away from it her lessons learned. It's a memoir - of course it's going to be all about her life story; but within that story is what many of us who suffer from codependency and binge eating go through everyday, but just don't admit or want to face. It's that same feeling of being alone, without love and without self esteem, and at the same time, needing to be in control of everything and everyone. She was abandoned by so many people, and rose above it all, as I hope to do.
The book starts out with examples of the author's binges, the loneliness and hell of her relationship with her chemically-dependant husband. Many people are trapped in such a relationship and have no idea how to walk away from it, so the anguish feeds itself. The story moves on to the author's roots, growing up with abusive and cold parents, and then her so-called "escape" as a teenager, going from the frying pan into the fire, so to speak. She emerges from the mistakes of her youth, and lives alone for a while, and actually starts feeling safe within her own skin. Unfortunately, her involvement with a man, who ultimately becomes her husband, nearly destroys her. Through self exploration and realization, she emerges from the chaos and breaks free from her old life as a compulsive eater.
I recommend this book because I found it to be entertaining and resourceful. It was hard to admit and face codependency and recognize my own compulsive behavior with food. Becoming more mindful of one's eating and health, and facing the causes of emotional binge eating is really what this book is all about.
7 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Cathartic for the writer, but not very useful for the rest of us Jul 15, 2007
Like most other self-help books I've read, this one contains the author's own personal story about her struggle with the problem the book is written to address. I expected that, as it's pretty standard. However, from there the writer usually segues into information, analysis, and advice from which others reading the book might derive some benefit. This book does none of that. The middle part of chapter 1 and the first part of chapter 4 have some great material in them that I could really relate to. Chapter 11 has some very basic, very hackneyed advice (exercise, keep a journal, learn to forgive yourself, etc.), nothing you can't get from a million other books and frankly nothing that common sense doesn't already tell you. Other than that this book is nothing but an autobiography, and not a particularly compelling one. The author goes into excruciating detail about her relationships with men and her family and how she coped by abusing food. This is a situation I'm sure many of us can relate to, but she skips the crucial step of relating that back to information and advice others can use to improve their own lives, except on a very superficial level in the last chapter. The book was published by BookSurge LLC, which is a vanity press. Everything about this book, from the quality of the writing to the layout (it's double spaced, like a rough-draft manuscript awaiting review and correction; the book would be half as long if it were single spaced like most other books) to the simplistic cover design and grainy photograph (which, coincidentally, were done by the author herself) screams that this book was self-published. I wish I'd known that before wasting my money on it. I'm sure it was a wonderful, tremendous catharsis for the writer to get her story out on paper. But there is very little here that's useful for the rest of us.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
What a rollercoaster ride Apr 10, 2007
I feel like hugging the author of this book! It's so helpful to know I'm not alone in this struggle, and she's offered ideas that will be easy to apply to everyday life. I am done with dieting, this has helped me realize that.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Knowing You're Not Alone Mar 16, 2007
This engaging book lets the compulsive overeater know, in no uncertain terms, that they are not alone in this often overlooked struggle. A personal journey coupled with resources for readers who see themselves in this story make this book a must read for those struggling to break out of the cycle of COE.
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