Testimony: food addiction, Whole30, and denying yourself

• What do you do about the things you refuse to deny yourself?

Boova (speaker-0; addressed on-air as 'Buva'/'Booba') gives an extended testimony about food addiction as idolatry. He describes making food his emotional crutch and 'golden calf,' putting 'a cheeseburger on the stand' instead of God, and being on day 18 of a Whole30, this time without chasing social-media approval, learning to run to God in prayer instead of food. He shares that he lost his dad at 18 and fears not living to see his own kids reach 18. His advice: 'Deny yourself things,' take stock of what sins stem from refusing to deny yourself pleasure. Ben responds with his own struggle to say no to small whims, like stopping for a donut.