Hi. My name is Laurie and I am starting a 40 day fast. I am 26 and overweight. I have a history of severe abuse and trauma as a child. I have obsessed over my victimization for far too long and have developed an eating addiction that has ruled most of my life. These are not the important facts for me. What’s important is that I take the helm of a future of my own creation. I will break an addiction. I will learn to let go of a memory. I will learn to live now so that when I die I will not be frightened by the prospect of having led a useless victimized life where I accomplished nothin ...   read more