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I Chose To Live- NEDA Story of Hope
Posted Jan 25, 2012
The popular female artist, Superchick has a song entitled, “Courage” where she gracefully writes about her battle to overcome an eating disorder. I was first introduced to this song in the summer of 2008 by my younger sister, shortly after returning from a thirty day stay at a residential eating disorder treatment center in Florida. This is not the type of music a former men’s college lacrosse player would be listening to, but in March of that year, my life changed forever.
This song completely described the life I was living and how I was feeling on the inside. This verse
Little by little one travels far
Posted Jan 17, 2012
Recovery is a process, not a one-time event!
"Little by little, one travels far." -- J. R. R. Tolkien
I woke up early this morning to dive into my daily Battlefield of the Mind devotional and the chapter just happen to be entitled; Little by Little. It immediately had me thinking about the above quote for Tolkien and then I was relating it back to life and recovery! Early on in my recovery, I wanted it to just happen! I wanted that quick fix to a problem that spanned over 5 years of my life but as we all know, there is no easy
Be All in For Recovery
Posted Jan 16, 2012
GO ALL IN FOR RECOVERY!
Stop holding onto that which is destroying you! Let it all go! There is nothing good about ED! Let me repeat, there is nothing good about ED! It will take everything from you...but recovery can and will give you all that you need!! Break the chains once and for all today! Stop thinking you can't recover and start knowing you can! Start claiming the truth.
You are not your eating disorder or whatever addiction or negative habit you struggle with. I struggled with both anorexia and alcohol. The world labeled me as an anorexic and alcoholic and
Put Some Swag into Your Daily Recovery
Posted Jan 14, 2012
Recovery Thought for the Day:
There is nothing wrong with putting a bit of SWAGGER into your recovery. Your ED doesn't play fair, so why should you? So I say we hold our heads high and walk through recovery with a bit of Swag-- couarage, strength, confidence, guts, and determination! It's time to stand up to ED and say NO MORE! You will take no more from me!!
Strength
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Growth
Empower
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God
Why Did I Have to Struggle with an Eating Disorder?
Posted Feb 15, 2010
Why me….why did I have to struggle with substance abuse and anorexia nervosa?
After having a conversation with a friend in recovery yesterday, she asked me that similar question. “Why do I have to struggle with an Eating Disorder?” My response was simple; “it’s not why me, but why not me.” Of course she was very confused by this response and wanted me to explain further.
Here is my thinking behind this bold and seemingly outrageous statement—“why not me”
I truly believe that anyone who struggles with something as painful as an eating disorder has at some point asked this same question. Why