Are you a normal eater, an emotional eater, or a food addict?Clarissa has a touching history of disordered eating.In fact, she says that she's a food addict. The problem was that for most of her life, she didn't know it. Clarissa just always thought that something was wrong with her or that she didn't have enough willpower when it came to how much she ate. In this episode, Clarissa shares her story about how she fought daily to control her weight and her obsessive compulsive thinking about food. It was only when Clarissa was introduced to the concept of food addiction that it was like someone finally switched on a light in her mind. She learned about the dangers of sugar, and how it negatively affects all aspects of our overall health. She learned to eat real whole foods, and not to be scared of healthy fats.  Her whole relationship with food completely changed.Clarissa had been working in the field of addictions and mental health for years, but then she started studying how certain types of foods (sugar/flour/grains) have the ability to activate the pleasure centre of the brain, exactly like hard drugs do.This was the key to her stopping the addictive cycle. Now Clarissa teaches that food is not the enemy, diets are. And she's not ashamed to say that she was addicted to processed foods.In the "Sweet Sobriety" online coaching and community for food addiction, Clarissa helps her clients feel relief when the mind chatter with food stops.  The goal is for you to find peace with food, with eating disorders, and with food addiction.Find Clarissa at Sweet Sobriety here.To get personal guidance, support, and accountability to live your healthier lifestyle and let go of sugar: Join the the After Sugar Club today!To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.To rate and review this podcast: scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. To leave a review, scroll down a little more and click on "Write a Review". Once you’ve finished, select “Send” or “Save” in the top-right corner. If you’ve never left a podcast review before, enter a nickname. Your nickname will be displayed on your review. After selecting a nickname, tap OK. Your review may not be immediately visible, but it should be posted soon. Thank you! - Netta