Overeating

...  it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions.  It's a way of fucking yourself up while still remaining fully functional, because you have to.  Fat people aren't indulging in the "luxury" of their addiction making them useless, chaotic, or a burden.  Instead, they are slowly self-destructing in a way that doesn't inconvenience anyone.  And that's why it's so often a woman's addiction of choice. All the quietly eating mums.  All the KitKats in office drawers.  All the unhappy moments, late at night, caught only in the fridge light.