One of the bad things about our recovery
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One of the bad things about our recovery
| Sun, 12-07-2003 - 7:33pm |
It has always been hard that when you recover from an eating disorder, it is not as celebrated publicly as with alcoholism or drug recovery. You can't very well walk around saying, "I haven't puked in a month" or "I ate a meal with my family and I am not freaking out about it staying inside me" or "I haven't exercised in 2 WHOLE DAYS and that is OK with me"!!!!!!!! These are all HUGE accomplishments for us or at least me, and I really can't shout it out to the world. They would look at me like I was an idiot. THANK GOD FOR THIS BOARD.

Cheers and keep up the good work,
~Janine~ :-)
I totally agree with both of you. People just don't see EDs as substance abuse like alcoholism for example. The other thing that's been really hard for me, or has been in the past at least, is that I still have to eat. I am NOT saying it's easy to recover from alcoholism, but the choice is easy, you don't have any. With food I am faced with what, how much, and how often I should eat every single day because I need food to sustain me.
Yes, this board is awesome and I am so glad my friend pointed me to it last year.
Have a great week all! I will be praying for you as always.
Love & hugs, Kristina
The opinions I have expressed here are from my own experience and are not intended as medical advice or to take the place of your own physician's advice.
Love & hugs, Kristina