Old 04-03-2012, 11:55 AM
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Thrifty
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Originally Posted by Terminally Unique View Post
I haven't used it for that purpose myself, but I do know from the RR forums that others have. There is a book called Brain over Binge: Why I Was Bulimic, Why Conventional Therapy Didn't Work, and How I Recovered for Good by Kathryn Hansen. She was apparently able to use AVRT for her eating disorder, and describes this in the book.
I read this book and I really liked it. The author gives a lot of credit to Rational Recovery and the book for her beating her bulimia. What really stuck with me was that the current way of thinking requires a lot of work and therapy to stop. You need to get to the very bottom of all your problems before you can stop your behavior (whether it be drinking or binging). Kathryn Hansen realized that all of that other stuff is just an excuse to get you to do what your beast really wants you to do.
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