Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous helps participants overcome their struggles

Note: Names and other identifying characteristics have been changed, altered or omitted in this story to protect identities and to keep with anonymity policy of Food Addicts.

Six years ago, "Terry," who resides in Pullman, was more than 300 pounds, felt stuck and was “working my way up to diabetes.”

“I didn't have a solution,” she said. “I was really miserable in my body.”

Terry offered to tell her story to the Gazette to make others more aware of the Food Addicts in Recovery program, which takes place with weekly meetings in Moscow. The meetings are at Gritman Medical Center in the first floo...