Thanks very much for this thread. BirdDancer--I appreciate your willingness to share some of your story about this issue. I have a long, long history of self-medicating with everything under the sun. I've been sober for around 11 years now and staying sober now is quite easy for me. It's on autopilot. I have no urges to use or drink. Ever.

But I do have massive cravings for carbs and sweets. Crazy, out-of-control needs for cookies and cakes and pies and doughnuts... On and on. I have no doubt this is just a sort of transference of my obsessive/compulsive side rearing its head in the realm of another substance category--food. I don't like it. Am trying to mitigate it. But it is better than drinking or using, that's for sure, so I try not to judge myself too harshly. Overalll, I am doing pretty well for me.