Applying willpower to this compulsion is like applying an antibiotic to a viral infection. It will never have any effect. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 862-863).

It’s taken me a few years in recovery
to really accept the idea it’s a disease,
this compulsion to eat – just as surely
as the others, alcoholism, drug addiction,
gambling, the gambit. I know, though,
the truth, deep within. Willpower,
the right diet, hypnotism, medical fixes —
they’ve never worked, and for me just won’t.
But it’s okay, this disease. It’s one of few
where the cure leaves you better off
than you ever were before. It’s a cure
I’m glad I didn’t miss.