Comparing fats to addicts is unfair to addicts At first I was very sympathetic towards the plight of fats, having gone through addiction myself. But the more I observe fats, the more I realize they're all the same. They all have the same excuses, the same mindset, the same habits, and most importantly they don't actually want to get better. Which is crazy, because me and everyone else I know who has had an addiction at least wanted to get better. Most addicts don't like being addicts. Most fats I've seen don't mind being fat because of how much they love eating and how much society enables them to be fat with all of the body positivity bullshit. For example, my whale coworker reminisces about how thin he used to be, meanwhile for lunch he has an entire burger with a two sides of fries, onion rings, and a soda. All of this is of course excused when he says "I can't help it, I'm big!" I think the comparison of fats to addicts is simply unfair to addicts. When was the last time you heard "I can't help it, I'm a methhead!" And I'm thankful that society doesn't pander to addicts like it does to fats, otherwise I'd probably be dead. And I feel bad that fats don't get the same sort of treatment I did, but instead get the "it's okay, you're beautiful too" treatment. Imagine how many of them wouldn't die young if people were just honest with them and didn't pretend like they weren't committing a slow, food-induced suicide. I guess that's kind of the point of FPH when you get down to it, and that's why I'm glad this place exists.