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Written by Joanna Poppink
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:29 |
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Suffering from an eating disorder is a lonely business. You have to pretend to be happy, competent and fine without letting the people around you know your desperation. Yes, when you come right down to it, just about every action that stems from an eating disorder is an act of desperation. The binge, restriction, denial, purge, starvation, exercise, controlling behaviors - these are all unhappy and desperate activities that you try to keep secret. When you have so many secrets
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As a Pagan, I thank you for this post! Yesterday I went to our local Grotto and for the first time in 2 years I could honestly ask the creator to forgive me for harming my body (my creed is "Do no harm" and that includes myself and it's hard to ask for forgiveness for something you're not ready to stop doing) and I was able to accept that forgiveness because I truely want recovery!!!
I've been in day treatment for 6 weeks and I think re-connecting to my "God" was the last thing I needed to do before discharging. Up until yesterday I feared discharge because I felt like I didn't have the strength to do it, but after yesterday I know I don't need the strength to do full recovery right now....I only need the strength to do the right thing, right now.
I've come to realize that's what "Let go and Let God" means. Tonight I saw the perfect bumper sticker: "Faith it until you make it Again, thanks!
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