Food was my lover, my best friend. It was far more interesting to me than anything or anyone else in my life. It didn't reject me, it comforted me, it made me happy, and it was always there for me... unlike people. I felt safe with food. What I didn't know at that adolescent age was that my relationship with food was replacing all other relationships in my life; with friends, boyfriends, family - even myself and God. In fact, food was my god. But why was this? Why had food become the most important relationship in my life?