Lisalu, reading yourpost made me think i was almost reading my own! I was sleeved july 15,2010. My pre wt was 215 lbs and within the year I reached 127 lbs. Since the winter I have gained 13 lbs and i can only say it is due to my compulsive eating. I knew that being sleeved would not cure the reason why i overate, my head hunger games or my reaction to stress and turning to food but i feel very disheartened on how hard every day still is. Once again(just like before my sleeve), I wake up having the best intentions to make the right food choices but keep on failing. My father warned me for years that having a biological mother and 2 grandfathers with alchoholism put me at a huge risk for becoming an alchoholic so i was always aware of it. Now i've come to realize addiction is addiction and i will forever have a fight with food. My issue is that i find the oa book hard to wrap my head around the steps...is it just me or does anyone else feel this way?