Night time eating

[Guest guest]

This group is so great, and I'm learning a lot. Would anyone be able to comment

on my problem--eating at night?

I don't think I have any huge trigger foods--at least, there's nothing I won't

let myself have. But about 10 o'clock, I start eating and can't stop. It

doesn't really seem to matter if I eat well during the day or not. I can read

all sorts of affirmations, think about handling my emotions, feel peaceful in

myself, everything I can think of, but when evening comes, I'm out of control.

Lately I've been eating dishes of ice cream, followed by potato chips (sweet,

then salty). I'm not responding to physical hunger, just a big desire for the

comfort and happiness I find in food (gosh, how I hate to admit that). I'm

divorced with teenage sons, so I don't have anybody to go to for that comfort

feeling, but I've had this problem for many years, even back when I was married.

If I don't eat when I " feel like it, " regardless of whether I'm physically

hungry or not, I feel like I'm back on a diet, and all those self-loathing

feelings come back.

Thanks for any help anyone can give--I've been like this for years, and I have a

horrible, desperate feeling that I'll always binge at night.