One day at a time does work

[Biscuits]

Hi all

After logging on and reading some of the recent posts i felt compelled to write and say RECOVERY is not a myth and can be obtained. I myself have been in recovery from Bulimic/Compulsive overeating for over eleven years and i need to let people know that i have only managed this one day at a time. I have heard many arguements over the years as to why food addiction is hard to get under control and i'm sorry but i do not buy into this. I was a hopeless food addict and came to recovery on my knees after a failed suicide bid, i listened to others in recovery and did what they told me worked for them. I personally do not believe we are afflicted more than other addicts because we have to eat to stay alive, by working my program one day at a time the obsession to compulsively overeat/undereat has been lifted. I believe in the promises of the program that as long as i continue to work on myself the preoccupation with food diminishes and i am able to live free from my addiction just like others who suffer from any form of addiction.

I am only speaking for myself, and know that everyone is on a different journey but i am accountable for the message i carry, and my message is that recovery is not only available but a wonderful way to live, if i can recover one day at a time then so can others, i am no-one special, i was given the twelve steps to use and i use them everyday of my life. I hope i have not offended anyone here but i needed to shout aloud that if you want recovery you have to work for it God knows i definetly spent enough time and energy on my desease i now choose to use this time and energy in my recovery.

[Toomutch]

Thanks for posting Bisquits.

When my now 15 year old healthy daughter was 13 she was hospitalized for 3 months for anorexia. She had to fight each day for her life. She recieved the tools she needed and although it took a total of about 6 months before we could trust her eating on her own - she is now not only a good eater, but she eats such a wide variety of foods that my other teen would never even touch.

[Neagrm]

Thanks for your post, Biscuits. I'm so glad the steps are working for you. I've found them so helpful in living with ah, but have yet to have the same with overeating sweets compulsively. I know you've probably told your story on here in the past, but I don't remember. May I ask how you specifically began your journey with the 12 steps and your ED? Thnks.