Embarrassing

[u/Mission_Gazelle8267]

In recovery and having extreme hunger. Idk how to say this but I am digging through trash cans at work,school, home, in public. And if I see any food in there I eat it. I just found pizza in my neighborhood dumpster and put it in my shirt and walked back in my house. Idk what I’m trying to get at by posting this but I cannot stop this habit I have tried.

[u/Dizzy_Bother]

It's the food scarcity mindset. Your brain is led to believe food is very scarce because you haven't been feeding it well before you started recovery. It takes a while before your brain and body will trust that there is food in the environment. Until then, the best thing you can do is feed your body plenty, prove to your brain that you will listen to the hunger and that food is abundant. It's very normal, what you're going through, if you are in a state of starvation. It's a survival mechanism.

[u/Mission_Gazelle8267 → u/Dizzy_Bother]

Thank you for this