Friend Has Heavy Heart Over Woman's Weight Issues
Dear Abby says Overeaters Anonymous may help the woman, a self-help group with no weighing, shaming, dues or fees.
- Stating from Idaho asked Dear Abby if writing a letter is appropriate to address a close friend's weight struggles, noting she needs to lose at least 80 pounds.
- The friend has made food her primary source of happiness and eats out constantly with her husband, suffering from heart problems and liver complications.
- Despite a doctor's advice years ago to lose weight, the friend gained more weight; the writer's family, including a 7-year-old granddaughter, desperately wants her to remain healthy and around.
- Dear Abby recommended Overeaters Anonymous, a self-help group with a long history of success that features no dues, fees, weighing, or shaming.
- Abby assumes the writer has already voiced these concerns verbally to the friend; interested parties can contact Dear Abby via P.O. Box 69440 in Los Angeles.
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The Detroit News
Dear Abby: Friend has heavy heart over woman's weight issues
Besides my husband, she's all I have left.
Dear Abby: My friend’s obesity is destroying her health. Why won’t she change?
Dear Abby: My friend of many years, whom I consider to truly be part of the family, has made food the only thing that makes her happy. Besides my husband, she’s all I have left. She went to a doctor a couple years ago who told her she must lose weight, but she ended up gaining more.
Dear Abby: Watching my closest friend kill herself with food is breaking my heart
Dear Abby: My friend of many years, whom I consider to truly be part of the family, has made food the only thing that makes her happy. Besides my husband, she’s all I have left. She went to a doctor a couple years ago who told her she must lose weight, but she ended up gaining more.
Dear Abby: My best friend is eating herself to death. How can I help her stop?
Dear Abby: My friend of many years, whom I consider to truly be part of the family, has made food the only thing that makes her happy. Besides my husband, she’s all I have left. She went to a doctor a couple years ago who told her she must lose weight, but she ended up gaining more.
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