Sep 21, 2013 2 min read

Compulsive Eaters Anonymous HOW will sponsor “Diets Don’t Work” program from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Church, lower level, 550 S. Main St., Washington.

The event is free and will feature guest speaker Patricia Lutz, a certified eating disorders counselor and substance abuse professional, who will discuss the “Physical Nature of Food Addiction.” She is scheduled to speak at 10:20 a.m.

Other presentations will include:

• 11:30 to noon – Before and After;

• Noon to 12:30 p.m. – Lunch and drawing;

• 12:30 to 12:50 p.m. – Spiritual Nature of Addiction;

• 12:50 to 1:20 p.m. – Before and After;

• 1:20 to 1:40 p.m. – The 12 Steps, focusing on Steps 1, 2 and 3;

• 1:40 to 2 p.m. – Wrapup.

Compulsive Eaters Anonymous is a 12-step program for those who suffer with food addiction and overeating. They identify with the principles of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, including the first step in which those with a food addiction admit they are powerless. But instead of using alcohol in their admission, they substitute compulsive eating.

The “Before and After” workshops will be presented by four people who have found recovery through the 12-step program.

Beverages will be served, and those who attend are welcome to bring a bag lunch.

CEA-HOW is a nonprofit group for anyone who has a problem with food.

Meetings are held as follows:

• Sundays – 8:30 a.m., Bethel Park Library, 5100 W. Library Road, call 412-951-9157;

• Mondays – 7 a.m., Turning Point, 199 N. Main St., Washington, call 724-531-1985; 6 p.m., 915 Spring Garden Ave., Pittsburgh, call 412-761-1100 until 9 p.m.; and 6:30 p.m., Ohio County Library, 52 16th St., Wheeling, W.Va., call 740-633-0223;

• Tuesdays – 7:15 a.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 550 S. Main St., Washington, call 724-345-3363;

• Wednesdays – 10:30 a.m., 915 Spring Garden Ave., Pittsburgh, call 724-288-8801; and 6:30 p.m. Ohio County Library, 52 16th St., Wheeling, W.Va., call 740-633-0223;

• Thursdays – 7 a.m., Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 105 Gateshead Drive, McMurray, call 724-249-5056;

• Fridays – 6 p.m., Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 105 Gateshead Drive, McMurray, call 724-206-0334;

• Saturdays – 8:30 a.m., Alliance Church, 2510 Old Washington Road, Upper St. Clair, call 412-951-9157; and 9 a.m., Christ Episcopal Church, 122 N. Maple Ave., Greensburg, call 724-961-7706.

For more information about CEA-HOW, call 412-225-1664, email info@ceahowpa.org or visit www.ceahowpa.org.