The disease of compulsive overeating is threefold: physical, emotional, and spiritual. What happens to my body, my emotions, and my spirit when I eat compulsively? ~ Overeaters Anonymous. Twelve Step Workshop and Study Guide (Kindle Locations 571-572).

What happens to my body
when I eat compulsively?
Simple. A bite at a party
becomes twenty, thirty, fifty…
and the next day trips through
fast-food spots for sugary treats,
days become weeks and more
until my body makes my clothes too small
and the cravings are petrified,
insisting on frequent appeasement.
What happens to my emotions
when I  eat compulsively?
Primarily guilt sprinkled with
shame and mortification
that I play loosely with the truth.
What happens to my spirit
when I  eat compulsively?
My spirit wants to ignore God
and perhaps even more
to be ignored right back.
Fortunately when I keep
making meetings, talking to
program people, knowing better,
so far I’ve been able to stumble back
into Recovery.