When you are suffering from an addiction, it can feel like your entire
life is out of control and you have no power to overcome it. When you
are addicted to something, it can also feel like you're completely alone
and have nowhere to turn. These are all common mindsets for someone who
has an addiction to any substance, whether that is food, cigarettes or
other tobacco products, alcohol, prescription, or illegal drugs or even
sex. But neither are you alone in your addiction nor do you have to be a
slave to addiction for the rest of your life. That's exactly why this
book exists.
It is very easy to feel like you are the only one who is experiencing
your particular addiction - or the level of addiction you're
experiencing - but the truth is, millions of other people experience the
same thing you are suffering from. That's because addiction affects more
than 10% of the United States population. That means if you were to get
on a typical city bus there are probably two or three people on that
bus - besides you - that are suffering from some kind of addiction.
Don't fool yourself either; having a food addiction or being unable to
quit drinking alcohol is the same as an addiction to a drug or any other
substance. Addiction is addiction, no matter what the substances.
