First, some background. I'm a 28 male who's overweight. I've dealt with depression and anxiety for 9 years now. 

A problem I'm having is using sugar, snacks and junk food as a coping mechanism to feel better and fill that void. Food and snacks just make me feel happy, warm inside, gives me a reason to get out of bed and something to look forward to. But it's making me gain more amd more weight. If I continue like this I'm probably gonna end up with type 2 diabetes and other weight related health problems. But food and sugar is one of my main joys in life. Nothing else beats it. If I never got full, I could just eat, eat and eat. I don't know how I could motivate myself to live without it.

In short, I guess you could say I'm a food addict and havea very unhealthy relationship to food and snacks.

Did you manage to stop being addicted? How do you fill that void without food and keep the motivation up?

Thanks!