Pre-Owned Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin and Free (Hardcover) 1401952534 9781401952532

I'm convinced. As a meth addict with 10 month's in recovery I've gained 120 pounds and as you guessed it, I've used drugs all my life to stay thin. So the author definitely has me convinced that sugar and flour too are drugs. The author is a former meth and crack cocaine addict as well and uses phrases from recovery when discussing the possibility of recovering from food addiction and it makes me believe that I can overcome this addiction just like I have with Methamphetamine. I really believe this book and this diet program should be put into rehabs and halfway houses and utilized as a tool for addicts to understand how food can be addicting because once we stop using illegal substances we seek out legal substances including food to replace our search for dopamine. These rehabs and halfway houses fill us with sugar. I gained an average of 12 lb a month in the 9 mo and 10 days I was there. The author seems to have forgotten what it's like as a recovering addict charging 1,000 dollars for her online membership and support group which is why I rated this 1 star. AA and NA are 100 percent non profit. The doctor who came up with this 12 step program wanted to save lives and he knew you couldn't put a price on that. I could understand $100 basic membership with a free food scale journal and access to the app or something but even the things she suggests on Amazon the food scales for $55, I found one for $7 and the journal she picked again $55. A digital weight scale which connects to wifi and a smartphone app costs $65 and I found one for $20. Recovering addicts haven't gotten our lives together. Most of us aren't employed because we are working in recovery programs. It's wonderful that she is putting out new videos all the time for people who can afford them. We'd settle for the old videos that she put out a long time ago that the members who could afford them already paid for. We need a support group much like we do with AA and NA for our substance use because if not we are going to die. Only members get that constant community of support. My doctor told me this book would save my life but I don't feel supported in this process. I don't feel supported the way I did to overcome my meth addiction which I fight every single day. It's a lot easier to overcome Methamphetamine because there isn't meth on the shelves of every grocery store. I went to rehab because I lost everything that ever mattered to me, and my life was all I had left. Now I'm going to lose my life too because I can't stop eating. I'd like to say to the author of this book: This isn't just another diet fad for me. I'm not one of the people from your book who wanted to lose 20 pounds just so I could have 10% body fat. I'm 5'3". I was 147 pounds when I went to rehab 10 months ago and now I weigh 272 pounds. I will die without being successful in this program. Consider a free membership fee for people who are addicts that might actually be able to afford it.