If you missed part 7 of my story you can read it here. After spending an entire year living in a 12-step recovery home, I thought my recovery was strong. And it was, for a couple of years. But navigating through several turbulent relationships, the emotional stress began to add up. This part of my…
My relapse didn’t happen overnight; it wasn’t one event that sent me over the edge, and back into the illness. It was so slow and insidious that I didn’t even realize it was happening.
In this post, I wanted to give those who are thinking about going into treatment an idea of what day-to-day life looks like at a recovery home for eating disorders.
I realized I had a serious problem that required an extreme solution. I had lost the ability to function in life or to eat normally, so I decided on long-term inpatient treatment.
Hitting rock bottom is not a pleasant place to be, but sometimes it’s the best place to be! Asking for help was the first step I took on my long road to recovery.
My Eating Disorder Story: First Symptoms & Progression (Part 2) For several years my eating disorder had manifested as anorexia. I had been obsessed with eating as little food as possible, and the type of food that I did eat was very tightly controlled. But now a new aspect of the ED had unexpectedly shown…
This section of my story starts with me leaving home at 17 and living on my own for the first time. I talk about the first symptoms of having a problem with food, and how it progressed into a full-blown eating disorder. As you will see, it’s not really about the food. It’s more about…
*Disclaimer* This is my honest and complete story. However, I don’t discuss numbers regarding weight or body size. I also don’t share about the particular weight-loss eating and exercise strategies that I used. This type of information can be very triggering to those still suffering from the illness or in early recovery. It is my…
