12 GIFS to Explain Dating While in Recovery
Why? Why do you need to bring up the calories in my meal or my drink? Hard no there. Just stop. Let me live my life.
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Avoiding the Summer Relapse
Please note- This is fucking hard when you have a body image issue.
For years I avoided all beach trips and bathing suit outings. I look back with such regret. I can’t say I’m strutting around in a tiny bikini but I’m thankfully at a point in recovery
Read MoreTypical Turbulence in Recovery
It took everything in my power to not throw my face into that toilet. (Ew, I mean at the hotel now, not on the airplane. I do have some standards…)
Read MoreThis Too Shall Pass
I’m feeling lost today. Heavy (emotionally and physically). I had an extraordinary summer. I spent the majority of spring in treatment and found myself living a new life come June. I was social, I had friends, I went out, I ate and I drank and I wore a damn bathing suit like everyday! #lakelyfe I […]
Read More#GainingWeightisCool
Because really, when I weighed less I was not happy.
I was lonely. I was exhausted. I was depressed. I was hungry.
Read MoreShout-out to the Online Health Community!
REPOST from WEGO Health HAWMC What drives me to write about my health…. Each week I walk into my treatment center and see at least 6 new girls. Each week. There are endless studies on how girls as young as first grade are now worrying about their bodies, feeling fat and holding […]
Read MoreED 101: 5 Things You’re Talking About That Derail Recovery
For a long time, I tried to ‘deal’ with peoples’ comments about food, weight, the gym, my body, others’ bodies, etc. Actually, during my eating disorder, I would hear certain comments and shut down, get pissed or completely isolate without really even realizing. In treatment, I gained the awareness that these comments were triggering, but I […]
Read MoreED 101: The Basics
So for those who are completely new to the world of eating disorders, whether you’re a support trying to learn and be there for your loved one or you simply are just trying to educate yourself- there are some basic words we use in the eating disorder community that you’ll hear fairly often. 1. ED- […]
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