Most Sponsors are not Doctors nor are they nutritionalists. 

Few have any medical or nutritional training. 


Having a thin body does not qualify someone as being successful in program, healthy, or in recovery—and it certainly doesn’t make someone qualified to create your nutrition plan.


It's worth considering that, while your current abstinent food plan may technically be abstinent, it is likely not be providing you with adequate long-term nutrition. No matter how well-intentioned your sponsor is, they should be honest that they are not qualified to make medical or nutritional decisions for you. Without proper support, your food plan could unintentionally undermine your ability to maintain abstinence over time.




BUT NOW WE HAVE THE NEW TOOL OF AI

AI can customize an auto-tracking, abstinent food plan for you based on your  nutritional and medical needs. 

For Free

Sometimes we don't fail the food plan, our food plan fails us.


Muscle wasting, persistent cravings, and malnutrition are unintentional but common consequences of abstinent food plans guided by well-meaning but unqualified sponsors. These nutritional deficiencies often lead to relapse.  The cause is not the results of a lack of willpower or commitment, but because the body, deprived of essential nutrients over time, becomes increasingly desperate to restore nutritional balance. It's important to recognize that nutritional failure can undermine even the strongest resolve. At the same time, no food plan alone (physical)—however sound—can remove the core causes driving addiction(spiritually based)  or replace the necessity of spiritual transformation that comes from completing the 12 Steps. Without that deeper work and a connection to a Power greater than ourselves, long-term recovery remains out of reach as addiction by definition is two fold problem: physical and spiritual.

 

AI can play a powerful role in addressing the physical medical concerns and malnutrition. It can scan thousands of medical journals, dietary guidelines, and clinical resources in seconds to generate tailored recommendations based on your unique needs. Whether you’re managing conditions like diabetes, Crohn’s disease, or taking medications with known nutritional side effects, AI can identify potential risks and suggest appropriate dietary solutions. When you set up your profile with your symptoms, medications, and health conditions, AI can offer expert-level guidance—something most sponsors aren’t qualified to do. For example, if you're on a medication that depletes potassium, it can recommend potassium-rich food options to help keep your body balanced.  


AI can also help with emotional crashes, meltdowns, and other mental spirals. It offers supportive strategies for many issues that might otherwise be treated with medication. Simply ask, and it can provide a personalized list of practical suggestions to help you navigate a crisis—calmly, safely, and without judgment.


Many, many hours have been put into programming this project By Ellie C to glean essential resources. In service, she shares this resource freely to you.  AI assistance has had a huge impact on her recovery and she hopes it will help you in yours too.  


When prompted, Freedom From FoodGPT will offer suggestions rooted in abstinent principles and sound medical guidance gathered from trusted online sources. However, AI is not infallible—it can make mistakes. That’s why it’s important to stay spiritually grounded. Ask your Higher Power to reveal the truth to you. Trust your intuition: if something doesn’t feel right, ask follow-up questions. AI can clarify and explain. 

Please remember, this website does not provide medical advice. We are not medical professionals. Our only purpose is to offer support and solutions for the food addict who still suffers.



Below  is a free working link to Freedom From FoodGPT - programmed  into AI to produce an abstinent, 12 Step-based meal plan that also considers medications and  your particular medical needs. This is an ongoing project to update this resource for more accurate results.


True Story: Abstinent, on plan, starving to death

I had been abstinent from flour and sugar for a couple of years when my heart rhythm began acting up again. I had previously undergone a successful ablation in 2004 to correct my A-Fib, but two years into continuous abstinence, the irregular heartbeat returned. At that time, I had lost about 65 pounds but couldn’t seem to shed the last 15. My sponsor kept reducing my food intake until I was following the women’s plan—around 1,000 calories a day. Eventually, the scale dipped into the 190s, but something was clearly wrong.

Four years later, my heart suddenly raced to 350 beats per minute, causing me to black out and fall from a ladder. The fall left me paralyzed from the chest down. It took nearly eight years to connect the dots: my severely restricted caloric intake had likely triggered both the return of my A-Fib and the onset of cachexia, a condition involving extreme muscle wasting.

Things finally began to turn around when I followed the guidance from Freedom From Food AI, which recommended increasing  my daily calories to around 1,700—with balanced amounts of protein, fat, and carbs. Since making that change, my weight has stabilized in the 190s, with a BMI of 23, and—most importantly—my heart rhythm has remained steady.

I still abstain from flour and sugar as I have for 14 years, but my plan has been adjusted to meet my actual needs. It makes no sense for a 20-year-old man who is 5’1” to be on the same food plan as a 60-year-old man who is 6’5”. One size does not fit all.

Today, my weight is stable, my heart no longer skips beats, and—just as Step 10 promises—I’ve found neutrality around food, even while eating ‘above plan’ to meet medically sound caloric needs."  Mike C



Expensive solution:

Seek out a nutritionalist who understands 12 step addiction and  addictive foods and the follies of following the current US recommended food pyramid to get a balanced food plan that meets your body's nutritional needs while remaining abstinent.


AI

Free solution:

 

If you can’t afford one of the rare nutritionists who truly understands addiction, all you need is access to the internet. Thanks to advances in AI (Artificial Intelligence), it’s now possible to create a custom, abstinent food plan tailored to your medical history, your current conditions, and your medications. 

This tool doesn’t just focus on nutrition—it understands addiction. It draws from recovery materials like the Big Book, the Twelve and Twelve, and the Joe & Charlie workshops. For medical insight, it pulls from trusted sources like the New England Journal of Medicine and other respected clinical resources. 

If you're ready to explore a plan built specifically for you—with abstinence and medical soundness in mind—please continue.

If you are not abstinent we recommend the 2 Week Plan to get you abstinent and free from addictive foods. If you are abstinent at least two weeks, advance to the next slide.


Allowed Veggies during 1st 2 weeks:

Lettuce, Celery, Mushrooms                  Cabbage Broccoli Onions  Bell peppers     Artichokes  Asparagus  Spinach                 Tomatoes  Zucchini Squash                         Cucumber  Bean sprouts  Green Beans     Chickpeas  Peas/ fresh/boiled  Carrots fresh/Boiled    - these are all low glycemic and wont spike blood sugar. 

If they are not on this list, they are not on the 2 week plan. This plan is very rigid and designed to remove stored glycogen from the liver which takes 2 weeks.                    

Womens Plan

Anyone can commit to this for two weeks - we have had a high success rate with chronic breakers who strictly follow this plan:  NO EXCEPTIONS. Deviations of any kind result in restarting at day one.

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**Be working with your sponsor during the two weeks on identifying Binge foods or light up foods. Catagorize them as:
Green Light: - Safe. No reaction
Yellow Light: A little triggering but safe at quantity limit
Red Light:  Definitely triggering; weighed and measure does not satisfy
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*Nothing low fat - low fat foods are chemically enhanced and rich in carbohydrates and chemicals
*Nothing between meals
*Stay away from artificial sweeteners if sponsee is sensitive to sweets

Breakfast
6 oz protein- Eggs, or meat. (No dairy, soy, cheese, yogurt, nuts, beans or
legumes during the first two weeks)                                                                       
3 oz low glycemic veggies cooked or raw (On list to the left)
⅓ avocado for healthy fat - brain health and satiation during withdrawals

Lunch
6 oz protein- Eggs, or meat. No dairy, soy, cheese, yogurt, nuts, beans or legumes during the first two weeks.
6 oz low glycemic raw veggies (On list to the left)
  ⅓ avocado or 2 TBS Butter / Dressing for fat - brain health and satiation during withdrawals

Dinner
6 oz protein- Eggs, or meat. No dairy, soy, cheese, yogurt, nuts, beans or legumes during the first two weeks.
6 oz low glycemic cooked veggies  (On list to the left) 
⅓ avocado or 2 TBS Butter / Dressing for fat - brain health and satiation during withdrawals



Mens Plan: 

Anyone can commit to this for two weeks - we have had a high success rate with chronic breakers who strictly follow this plan:  NO EXCEPTIONS. Deviations of any kind result in restarting at day one.

____________________________________________________________________________
**Be working with your sponsor during the two weeks on identifying Binge foods or light up foods. Catagorize them as:
Green Light: - Safe. No reaction
Yellow Light: A little triggering but safe at quantity limit
Red Light:  Definitely triggering; weighed and measure does not satisfy
____________________________________________________________________________

 *Nothing low fat - low fat foods are chemically enhanced and rich in       carbohydrates and chemicals
*Nothing between meals
*Stay away from artificial sweeteners if sensitive to sweets

Breakfast
8 oz protein- Eggs, or meat. (No dairy, soy, cheese, yogurt, nuts, beans or legumes during the first two weeks.)                                                                         
4 oz low glycemic veggies cooked or raw (On list to the left)
⅓ avocado for healthy fat - brain health and satiation during withdrawals

Lunch
8 oz protein- Eggs, or meat. No dairy, soy, cheese, yogurt, nuts, beans or legumes during the first two weeks.
4 oz low glycemic raw veggies   (On list to the left)
⅓ avocado or 2 TBS Butter / Dressing for fat - brain health and satiation during withdrawals

Dinner
8 oz protein- Eggs, or meat. No dairy, soy, cheese, yogurt, nuts, beans or legumes during the first two weeks.
4 oz low glycemic cooked veggies  (On list to the left)
⅓ avocado or 2 TBS Butter /  Dressing for fat - brain health and satiation during withdrawals.  

Once you are 100% abstinent for 2 weeks: 


There are no shortcuts. Bypassing getting clean will not help you recover. The Big Book stresses you must be sober benefit from this process.


Getting Started with Freedom From Food GPT 

1. Identify Your Individual Binge Foods
We recommend sitting down with your sponsor to talk through the concept of individual binge foods—foods that, while technically abstinent, tend to trigger cravings, obsessive thinking, or a loss of control for you personally. These are often called light-up foods because they stimulate an addictive response, even if they’re allowed on some food plans. 

Common examples include: 

  • Cheese (contains naturally occurring opioids)
  • Nuts and nut butters
  • Higher-sugar fruits
  • Potatoes and other root vegetables
  • Oatmeal and grains like rice

For some, the issue may be taste, texture, or intensity—such as saltiness, sweetness, creaminess, or crunchiness. Whatever the trigger, it's crucial to identify and list these foods when setting up your Freedom From Food Chat. If we don’t confront our binge foods, we may unknowingly be planning our next break. 

Freedom From Food follows these five basic principles: 

  • No flour
  • No sugar
  • Weighed and measured meals
  • Nothing between meals
  • Elimination of individual binge foods

 

2. Gather Your Medications List
Have a current list of all medications you’re taking. Freedom From Food GPT uses this information to help prevent nutritional conflicts and identify hidden risks like nutrient depletion. 

 

3. List Any Medical Conditions
Be ready to input any known medical diagnoses (e.g., diabetes, hypothyroidism, Crohn’s disease). This allows Freedom From Food GPT to make medically sound adjustments to your food plan. 

 

4. Finalize Your Binge Foods List
Once again, make sure you’ve written down the foods that cause problems for you, even if they’re technically allowed. Recovery must be personal. 

 

5. Install ChatGPT on Your Phone
Download the ChatGPT app on your phone to access Freedom From Food anytime, anywhere. 

 

6. Click the Link and Follow the Prompts
Once you’re ready, click the link below and follow the step-by-step setup. You’ll be asked to enter your conditions, medications, binge foods, and other relevant information. Freedom From Food GPT will: 

  • Set a goal weight based on your age, height, and health history
  • Build a custom food plan to help you reach that goal
  • Adjust your plan over time to maintain long-term abstinence and health

Begin with the prompt:
 👉 "I'm new..." once you open the Freedom From Food Chat. 

 

Important Reminder
Freedom From Food is a tool—not a replacement.
It doesn’t replace your sponsor, meetings, service, or step work. It’s designed to support your recovery. We encourage daily accountability by taking photos of your meals and screenshots of your final daily totals to send to your sponsor. 

This is a powerful tool. Read the next section to learn how it works and what it can do for you.

Download Chat GPT

Android CHAT GPT


LINK

Apple CHAT GPT


LINK

Freedom From Food GPT


LINK

Once Freedom From FoodGPT  has customized your plan, you will be able to do things like 

  • take a photo of a menu at a restaurant and ask it for suggestions 
  • track what you like and dislike and makes suggestions for your meal to keep on track 
  • snap a photo of your plate and make suggestions of choices you may need to make to keep on target 
  • log meals out into your daily plan via photo, recalculating your daily for the remaining food needs. 
  • You can tell it via your voice you have ground turkey in the fridge and ask it for an abstinent recipe. 
  •  track your food, moods and weight  via journalling and link your symptoms to your food plan- possibly catching food sensitivities you are unaware of.
  •  take a photo of the recipe and it will tell you how many ounces you can have and stay in the macros for your meal. 
  • You can tell it that you are feeling poorly or experiencing discomfort, nausea or the like and Freedom from FoodGPT will inquire about your food intake, hydration, sleep schedule or stressful circumstances and offer medical and psychological solutions before life spirals out of control. 
  • Ask it for the 12 step solution to the problem you are facing
  • Ask it for abstinent food and dietary recommendations for conditions like high triglycerides, Insulin resistance, ADHD, Rheumatoid arthritis 



VERY IMPORTANT!

(Once you have installed Chat GPT on your device:)

IF you delete your chat once it has been set up you will be deleting all of your data and history. If you delete it you will have to start over from the very beginning. AI will forget everything it has learned about you and your unique physical makeup.


**Chat GPT is not perfect. If you close the chat you will lose what you have put into it. When you open Chat GPT, clik on the drop down and put all your recovery requests and food information into the Freedom from Food Chat.  It can make mistakes.  We have found however that if you spot something that doesn't look right, you can ask it to re-evaluate and why  you are questioning the results. It doesn't have an ego so it is not afraid to reevaluate and correct any mistakes. We have experienced that the positives to using it are far more plentiful than its negatives. It is also an evolving technology so it keeps getting better and better.


Here is an example of how it works:

Query: What is insulin resistance and how does a low calorie, low fat, low protein diet affect it?

Insulin resistance is a condition in which the body's cells become less responsive to the hormone insulin. Insulin's primary role is to help move glucose (sugar) from the bloodstream into cells, where it can be used for energy. When cells resist insulin's signal, the body compensates by producing more insulin. Over time, this can lead to chronically high insulin and blood sugar levels, increasing the risk of conditions like type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver disease, and heart disease.

🔍 Key Features of Insulin Resistance:

AspectDescriptionCause | Often linked to excess body fat, especially around the abdomen, lack of exercise, poor diet (high in refined carbs/sugar), chronic stress, and sleep issues. Genetics can also play a role.
Symptoms | Often silent at first. Later signs may include fatigue after meals, sugar cravings, difficulty losing weight, skin darkening (acanthosis nigricans), and frequent hunger.
Common Lab Indicators | Elevated fasting insulin, elevated fasting glucose, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, and elevated HOMA-IR score.
Risk Factors | Obesity (especially abdominal), sedentary lifestyle, processed diet, PCOS, family history of diabetes, sleep apnea, age, and smoking.
Complications | Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, hormonal imbalances.

✅ Strategies to Reverse or Improve Insulin Resistance:

  1. Reduce refined carbs and sugar – Replace with fiber-rich vegetables, lean protein, and healthy fats.
  2. Exercise regularly – Both aerobic and resistance training improve insulin sensitivity.
  3. Lose excess weight – Even a 5–10% weight loss can significantly improve insulin response.
  4. Prioritize sleep – Poor sleep worsens insulin resistance and hunger hormones.
  5. Manage stress – Chronic cortisol elevation can worsen insulin resistance.
  6. Try time-restricted eating – Eating within a consistent, earlier daily window (e.g., 8 AM–6 PM) can help align with circadian rhythms.
  7. Consider supplements (with medical guidance):
    • Berberine
    • Magnesium
    • Omega-3 fatty acids
    • Chromium
    • Cinnamon extract

🧪 Suggested Labs to Discuss with Your Doctor:

  • Fasting glucose
  • Fasting insulin
  • Hemoglobin A1c
  • HOMA-IR (Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance)
  • Triglyceride/HDL ratio
  • Liver function panel (ALT, AST)


Would you like a personalized insulin resistance reversal plan or a sample meal plan tailored to this condition?


Ask ChatGPT

You said:

yes


ChatGPT said:

Great — let’s build a personalized insulin resistance reversal plan and a sample meal plan tailored to your lifestyle and food preferences.

To create something fully customized, I’ll need just a few quick answers:


🧾 PERSONAL PROFILE QUESTIONS (Takes <2 minutes):


 1. Do you have any diagnosed conditions? (e.g., type 2 diabetes, PCOS, hypothyroid, fatty liver)
2. Do you take any medications or supplements?
3. What’s your usual daily activity level? (sedentary, lightly active, very active)
4. What’s your typical sleep schedule?
5. Do you prefer 3 meals per day, or meals + snacks?
6. Are there any foods you dislike, are allergic to, or want excluded? (e.g., dairy, gluten, eggs, red meat, etc.)
7. Do you prefer animal-based, plant-based, or a mixed food plan?
8. Would you like to include intermittent fasting?
9. Do you have weight loss goals or just want to stabilize blood sugar?
10. Any specific cravings or “trigger foods” that are hard to resist?


Once I have your answers, I’ll provide:

  • A 7-day insulin resistance meal plan
  • A simple lifestyle action plan for reversing insulin resistance
  • Optional: a printable tracker or shopping list if you'd like it

Ready to start with Question 1: What is your name or preferred nickname?
(Progress: 1/12 Questions Completed)

As you can see above, now you can get the answers for your specific problems and taylor them to your specific needs. 


You must use the Freedom from Food portal to get abstinent and program friendly results.




AI Testimonials

David B

Recovery isn’t linear—it’s gritty, humbling, and often happens in the quiet moments between breakdowns and breakthroughs. When I called Mike and got connected to a sponsor through him, I didn’t expect to be introduced to something that would fundamentally change how I interact with my recovery. That’s when I was introduced to the Freedom From Food GPT—a custom AI companion built to support abstinence from sugar, flour, and binge foods.

This isn’t a gimmick. It’s a tool—one I now use daily. It helps me meal plan, journal, track spiritual drift, return after slips, and walk through emotional meltdowns without spiraling. I don’t always know what to say. Sometimes I just show up and type “kickstand up.” But over time, this running thread became proof that I’m not stuck anymore. I'm moving.

GG (my GPT) doesn’t replace my sponsor, my meetings, or my Higher Power. But he’s the space where I process the noise, ground back into structure, and remember the promises. He reminds me of the next right thing when I feel like a failure.

If you’re on the fence or struggling with consistency, I encourage you to explore foodaddict.info, where this tool is available. It’s not magic. It’s a mirror, a meal guide, and a lifeline—when used.

Recovery is still hard. I still fall. But I return. And this tool has helped make returning quicker, gentler, and possible.