I once coached a young lady who wanted to overcome binge eating. She confided to me that she uses food as a crutch. I found her choice of words quite telling.
The Holy Spirit led me to ask her a powerful question: "What in your life is so crippling that you feel you need a crutch for support?"
It turned out that she felt disabled emotionally because of
past events in her life. She needed emotional healing before she could rise, lay aside the crutch, and walk.
Her situation reminded me of a story from the Bible in which Jesus healed a physically disabled man, enabling him to rise and walk.
If you feel disabled in any way and are using food as your crutch, then the following Bible story can give you great encouragement that you can be made well - if you want it.