Is there any individual on the planet who said at least once in his or her lifetime “I swear I will never do that to my children”? How inept he or she feels as the realization that he or she recognizes they have done just that! Eating disorder’s are a learned behavior if the parent’s eat abnormally whether too much or not enough, if he or she eats on the run, standing up not at the table, don’t eat after a certain time of day and so on.

Do you suffer from an eating disorder? Do you eat whether you are hungry or not? Do you find when you are stressed, upset with a coworker or loved ones that you respond with food? Do you feel shame or guilt at how you eat or don’t eat? Do you over exercise as a way to control your body?

Night eating syndrome and sleeping problems often negatively impact one another. Any malfunction with the Hypothalamus will interfere with appetite control and sleep cycles. When this is the situation any attempts to lose weight will be unsuccessful and will add to the stress already in place by someone suffering with an eating disorder.

After the drugs are gone from an addict’s body there is still a considerable amount of on-going therapy if there is to be a sustained recovery. Too many addicts leave drug rehab after a short stay and think they are well or that’s all there is to cleaning up the mess their life has become.