I. think.

If you let someone /something else control you for a while, and then this person / thing stops and lets you take care of yourself for yourself - or rather, and then this person /thing backed off significantly so most of the time you get to control yourself.

Then you might think that the fight is over. 'Cuz you are your own person, now, obviously, right ?

But you would be wrong.
And you would come to know that very quickly.

But still.

If, like many people on this earth, you find comfort in food, and you suddenly find you have lost almost 15 pounds without any action taken on your part - then you could say, well, things have obviously gotten really better for me, something has got to have happened, because 15 pounds don't disappear on their own, for nothing, unless you started needing significantly less comfort from food.

You would probably also start bragging, unconsciously, that you are proud of yourself for not depending on food anymore to get comfort : that obviously means you have gained control over yourself.
You would be wrong again, but that's not as easy for you to find out.

Because if somehow someone /something backed off and let you live for yourself a little, it's not because you fought for it and won.

In other words, maybe you don't turn to food as often to fill that void inside of you, that's good, be happy, but don't think it's all thanks to you.
Because it just so happened things got better, and you just don't need it anymore. That's the real reason. If you need it again, you will fucking eat again. Don't think you won't.

This means that you have never gained back control.
This means you really have to get it back, because until you do, you will remain a puppet to someone / something.

Maybe you can't do it. And well, honestly, you don't have to. It's not a crime if you don't. Maybe you don't even want to, really.
Just, please, if you don't get back that control, don't claim you have it and believe it yourself.