I got to disagree with you pimpkin whole heartedly. The premise sounds good but I do not know of one single alcoholic who was triggered into relapse from some mighty fine water, milk etc. Yet, food addicts can eat many things that can trigger them. Granted raw carrots is not one of them.

Another example is few people drink in front of alcoholics and if the do they don’t offer some.

I just don’t see it as the same.

I still feel like they have a better chance of avoiding ‘bad drink’ than I have of avoiding ‘bad food’. You would never have a beer put at the end of your cubical row – but I have doughnut put at the end of mine all the time. And even thought holidays are often a time where alcohol is served – I’ll bet that family members of an alcoholic don’t say things like “com’on sober up after the holidays, here’s a shot” – but the number of times I will have cake, pie, sweet potato casserole, sausage stuffing, and the like put in my face with family members saying ‘start that diet after the holiday’s’ and ‘com’on it’s christmas’ are too numerous to count…