In this book, I am pleased to share the strategies and tools that made a full recovery possible. Fifty Strategies to Sustain Recovery from Bulimia works. I know these strategies work because I have used all of them and indeed still use many today. I know they will work for you, too.
These 50 Strategies have changed my entire belief system about who I really am, my self-worth, and, of course, my ability to succeed in maintaining recovery. I have used these wonderfully empowering strategies to transform myself into someone who loves the real me and loves the life I am now living.
These strategies have helped me to:
-Completely free myself from bulimia -Make lifestyle changes that support recovery -Uncover and embrace the authentic me -Grow and prosper in ways I could never have imagined in my bulimic days -Build loving and mutually respectful relationships -Replace emotional voids with abundance -Embrace life to its fullest -Feel complete and truly be happy
I am sharing these 50 Strategies because I believe with all my heart that you too can experience the wonderful life changes that I have.
This book is designed to complement your formal treatment programs. If you are a sufferer reading this and have not sought professional help, then I urge you to do so immediately. I would not have been in the position to use the tools and strategies in this book without the work I did with my therapists over the years.
I am convinced beyond all doubt that the 50 Strategies I outline in this book can and will help you to gain the strength to recover fully. Just as importantly, they will give you the resolve to sustain your recovery. They will help you to unlock the real you and provide you with an opportunity to realize your true potential in this world.
Learning To Be Me - My Twenty Three Year Battle with Bulimia was published in 2008 and tells the true story of my twenty-three-year battle with, and ultimate journey into recovery from, an extreme form of bulimia.
Learning To Be Me” tells it like it is. It is my story of twenty-three years of horrible self-abuse, and the environmental factors that helped contribute to the incubation and growth of this disease. I have chronicled the development of my struggle from the insecurities of early childhood, through dysfunctional family dynamics and the stunted emotional growth that led to destructive choices during early adulthood.
It is at once a cautionary tale and a story of survival. It demonstrates the insidious and deceptive nature of the disease, the paradox of it being a survival and comforting mechanism that is simultaneously destroying and slowly killing your body.
