Food Addicts Anonymous Support Group Meets Every Thursday in June

    Food Addicts Anonymous, a weekly support group to provide fellowship for men and women willing to recover from the disease of food addiction, meets every Thursday in June, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., in the West Wing Conference Room at Lane Regional Medical Center, 6300 Main Street in Zachary.  
    The group also meets on Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the West Feliciana Parish Library, Room B, 5114 Burnett Road in St. Francisville.
    A twelve-step program, Food Addicts Anonymous believes food addiction is a biochemical disorder that occurs at a cellular level and therefore cannot be cured by willpower or by therapy alone. 
    Many food addicts are obese and have tried numerous methods for weight control (diets, drugs, surgery, etc.) yet nothing has created a permanent solution. Other food addicts have never been obese – their physical weight has been controlled by extreme measures such as excessive exercise, purging through vomiting or laxatives (bulimia), or severe limiting of food substances (anorexia).  All of these symptoms become more severe with time and eventually lead to physical problems that can create an early and sometimes painful death. 
    FAA is self-supporting. There are no dues or fees required for membership, but only a desire to stop eating addictive foods. FAA not affiliated with any diet or weight loss programs, treatment facilities or religious organizations. 
    For more information on the Food Addicts Anonymous support group at Lane Regional Medical Center, please call Velma at 225-715-9268.