Food addiction - is it possible?

'Alcoholism and drug addiction we get [...] but food addiction is the last taboo.'

 Listen to Richard Osman, the TV broadcaster's story admitting to his addiction to food. 

The Untold Story of a TV Legend's Addiction is part of an interview (around 34mins) with Steven Bartlett where Richard Osman talks about the beginnings of his food addiction at the age of 9 through to later episodes of binge eating, which he describes as 'eating like its Christmas day'.  Richard is very open about his addiction and his decision to go into therapy.  (Adapted from Ros Wright's Conversation Starters in Healthcare).

Express your opinion on one or two ideas from the ones he mentions:

- a time of disconnect

- being left alone in a traumatic situation

- manufacturing oneself versus being true to oneself