The Big Book of True Recovery from Food Addiction and Beyond

The Big Book of True Recovery from Food Addiction and Beyond is a wonderful, well-written, easy-to-understand, comprehensive explanation of the relationship between food and addiction. It expands our understanding of addiction, laying bare the genesis of this disease. This book is bound to become a classic in addiction and recovery literature. Her book is an in-depth presentation of the information Dianne offers in her education series. The reader can't miss the message. This book makes it clear why and how the hijacking of the brain by eating issues leads to addiction. I believe this material should be taught in schools as a course in understanding the source of addiction. The Big Book of True Recovery from Food Addiction will help many people. The solution presented is a clear and simple guide for living in freedom from food addiction. It was Realization Center's pleasure to have the stage for the development of this understanding. -Marilyn J. White, Founder and CEO of Realization Center Dianne is widely known as one of the best in the clinical world for her expertise in food and substance addictions. The Big Book of True Recovery from Food Addiction and Beyond: It's Not Broccoli is a must-read and game-changer if you are truly tired of food robbing you of achieving your best life. Dianne's book lays out clear steps that you will want as your companion to accompany you as you cope with the ups and downs of your personal and work life journeys. Food is socially sanctioned and supported until body size indicates the visible evidence of its overuse or underuse, which leads to shame and criticism about lack of willpower. We use food in building personal and work relationships, to cope with regrets, feed spirits, and to rejoice in triumphant celebrations. I believe that love and work are intimately tied and often managed by these relationships with food. As a therapist and career/executive coach, my goal is to help clients to be their best personal and professional selves when it has been blocked by unhealthy relationships with food. This is why I look forward to sharing Dianne's secret of It's Not Broccoli with my clients! -Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R, CGP, Psychotherapist, Career/Executive Coach, President & CEO of MPG Consulting In her exciting new book, The Big Book of True Recovery from Food Addiction and Beyond, Dianne Schwartz describes her personal experience with multiple expressions of addiction and her blessed recovery which she shares as a recovering person and a professional in the field of addiction treatment. Her personal story describes the traps of addiction. By identifying for us the substances that kept her from achieving clean abstinence, she offers very valuable insights. I recommend this in-depth review of the facts of addictive disease and the processes of successful treatment and recovery. Thank you, Dianne for the many years you have been an effective front-line warrior against the disease of addiction. -Kay Sheppard, MA, LMHC I've always been impressed with Dianne's passion about teaching and exposing the truth about the source issue underlying substance abuse, relapse, mood issues, energy issues, and life issues in general-the addictive eating of refined carbs. Her book, The Big Book of True Recovery of Food Addiction and Beyond, is highly readable, relatable, and remarkable in her development of the understanding of these ideas. She has succeeded in presenting a logical case for her beliefs and offers the solution to what has become a widespread struggle as logical, understandable, and doable. -Dr. Maria Alikakos, DO, Board Certified in General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine; Medical Director, Realization Center, NY