"Living With the Enemy"

I wanted to call your attention to the book of this post's title, which I read a couple of weeks ago. Burt Nordstrand, a successful Upper Midwestern businessman, wrote it with Carol Pine; its subhead is "An Exploration of Addiction and Recovery."

I found his tale fascinating and enjoyable to read, in part because he and I have the same checkered history with food, and we have had many of the thoughts, feelings, and attitudes that arise along with it. His story is not the same as mine, by far — I didn't grow up on a farm, I haven't built an impressive business empire, and I neither ply the Caribbean in my own yacht nor schuss down Western slopes — but they are complimentary.

Burt describes his recovery process as including Overeaters Anonymous, which is not something I've done, but I can surely relate with the desperation, the embarrassments, the obsessions, the wastes of time and money and personal ties that we both attribute to unhealthy food relationships.

Additionally, it's just an interesting story: He's had his lows, and he's had his highs, and he offers readers a pretty happy ending. Check it out.


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