| In therapy and a 12-step program, she discovered she was not just an alcoholic but also a workaholic, an overeater, a compulsive shopper, and a codependent drama queen. |
| The compulsive overeater eats whenever and whatever she likes. |
| But when a compulsive overeater eats seven ounces of protein for dinner instead of the six that his diet calls for, is this a lapse? |
| A compulsive overeater is an individual who compulsively eats but does not purge and usually becomes overweight. |
| Mr. Wieder was the consummate old-school New Yorker — an overstepper, an overeater and an oversharer, about his opinions certainly, but also about his various unrequited crushes on hot waiters in the neighborhood. |
| The overeater eats throughout the day, not just during binges. |
