"'How is that working for you?' I asked. 'How well do Fritos provide comfort, love, reassurance?'�
'They work,' she said. 'For exactly five minutes.'
For the five gleeful minutes before she starts to eat—those five minutes when it occurs to her that, 'Oh goody, I can open up a bag of Fritos'—she has something to look forward to, something she knows will give her a bit of peace. And then, of course, there are those other 30 seconds—the first few bites, when everything disappears but the crunch and the salt and that soothing feeling of something filling the mouth. But then the magic of the Fritos disappears, and soon she feels terrible about herself for eating the entire bag."
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"Turns out that .... In order to stop using food for comfort, we had to risk doing something uncomfortable.
So, go ahead. Take a risk. Do something differently. Keep learning, as I keep doing, that if you want to live the biggest life you can, asking for help is sometimes the bravest thing you can do."
'They work,' she said. 'For exactly five minutes.'
For the five gleeful minutes before she starts to eat—those five minutes when it occurs to her that, 'Oh goody, I can open up a bag of Fritos'—she has something to look forward to, something she knows will give her a bit of peace. And then, of course, there are those other 30 seconds—the first few bites, when everything disappears but the crunch and the salt and that soothing feeling of something filling the mouth. But then the magic of the Fritos disappears, and soon she feels terrible about herself for eating the entire bag."
..................
"Turns out that .... In order to stop using food for comfort, we had to risk doing something uncomfortable.
So, go ahead. Take a risk. Do something differently. Keep learning, as I keep doing, that if you want to live the biggest life you can, asking for help is sometimes the bravest thing you can do."
