April 2012
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FAQ
Are you the Cassandra from Intervention Canada? Yes Which episode of Intervention Canada were you in? Episode 11 Where can I watch your episode? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Twhp4-Sdfs What is your YouTube channel? http://www.youtube.com/user/cassandraanicole Are you still with Mitch? Yes Do you still talk to Trudy? Yes Does having a best friend who is not in recovery trigger you? It can but...
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the short story
i am no longer my eating disorder but my bulimia defined me for a significant portion of my life. my “ed” was my companion, my worst friend and my best enemy, my security blanket. it was my way of getting by, of existing and surviving yet never fully living. i grew up in a dysfunctional family that at the same time was very close. i struggled in school where i never quite fit in unless...
“No-one can force you to do anything. You choose. You always choose. You can...”
– Lucy Howard-Taylor in Biting Anorexia (via 0nedayouwill)
"I will not sit here and tell you that recovery is...
—Marci Anderson
Slip: A slip is a thought - but not an action - related to the eating disorder.
Lapse: A lapse is more serious than a slip in that it moves beyond obsessive thoughts and back into the eating disorder behavior, but in a limited way. Although a lapse means the eating disorder behavior has become active again, the experience is brief.
Relapse: Far more serious, a relapse involves recycling the same...
Recovery is not simple. Recovery is not easy....
Calories only exist if you count them.
“And it turned out that I was all right. It turned out it was all right with me...”
– Marya Hornbacher
One thing it's important to remember in recovery...
