disordered eating

UNPOPULAR OPINION: The Medicalization Of Eating Disorders Is Keeping Us Sick

It wasn’t until months after I left OA that I finally challenged the validity and utility of my “Eating Disorder” label. Is identifying myself as an “Eating Disordered” person for the rest of my life really serving me?
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Healthy, disordered eating, eating disorders, food, food guilt, recovery, overeating

Jan 23, 2013 at 1:00pm | 156 comments

healthy beverages

8 Healthy Things I Started Doing Only Because I’m Afraid Of Everything After Rehab

I want to make it clear to my insides that we no longer believe in the motto, “Live Fast, Die Young.”
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Healthy, Healthy beverages, healthy eating, healthy, scared, drugs, recovery, life changes

Apr 4, 2013 at 9:00am | 147 comments

moving

I’m Moving Across The Country To Escape All My Problems (HA, JK -- But Not Really)

I decided to finally start listening to my own heart or head or whatever. And it's telling me, "California."
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Issues, moving, nyc, Los Angeles, recovery, mental illness

May 15, 2013 at 9:00am | 134 comments

rape

What to Say If Your Best Friend Tells You She Was Raped

1. If your best friend tells you she was raped, BELIEVE HER.
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Relationships, rape, sexual assault, friendship, recovery

Aug 31, 2012 at 2:00pm | 107 comments

endometriosis

It Happened to Me: Endometriosis Is The Most Painful Thing I've Ever Experienced, And Just 8 Months After Surgery It's Already Come Back

Most days I laid in bed and suffered, convinced that either I had some kind of cancer eating me from the inside out that no doctor could find, or that they were right and there was nothing wrong with me and the pain was an invention of my twisted mind.
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It Happened To Me, endometriosis, surgery, recovery, pain, grief

May 2, 2013 at 5:00pm | 106 comments

accident

It Happened To Me: I'm Learning How to Walk, Again

I was weeks away from graduating college, I had a job in foreign country, had plane tickets in my hand and a scholarship in my bank account. Then I fell.
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It Happened To Me, accident, wheelchair, hospital, recovery, learning, healthy

Sep 21, 2012 at 3:00pm | 98 comments

heroin

Beauty In Sobriety: Because Heroin Chic Is So Passe

Underweight and underslept seemed good on catwalks but it was not nice, it was not glamorous and it did not make me feel good.
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Beauty, heroin, substances, rehab, self expression, eating disorders, recovery

Aug 24, 2012 at 5:30pm | 81 comments

issues

Listening to Suzanne Vega: A Personal Timeline Of Abuse And Recovery

This is a story about when music is survival.
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Relationships, issues, abuse, recovery, music

Apr 11, 2013 at 2:00pm | 69 comments

getting pregnant with michelle tea

Getting Pregnant With Michelle Tea: Catheter Cervix Torture And Absent Dads

Do I know anyone with a good dad?
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Family Drama, getting pregnant with michelle tea, getting pregnant, dads, sperm donors, drugs, recovery

Apr 10, 2013 at 1:30pm | 37 comments

anorexia

It Happened to Me: I Recovered From Anorexia

(Fun fact: Every patient on an eating disorder unit farts. Constantly. Everywhere. It’s a symptom of re-feeding. And it is HILARIOUS.)
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It Happened To Me, anorexia, eating disorders, healthy, recovery

Oct 3, 2011 at 12:00pm | 0 comments

addiction

Where Are All The Female Sex Addicts? Not in Recovery

Female sex addicts aren't invisible, they're just still acting out.
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Sex, Sex, Sex ... and Love, addiction, recovery, sobriety

Apr 6, 2011 at 7:34pm | 0 comments

alcoholism

"Drinking: A Love Story" (A Love Story)

Or how I found out I'm an alcoholic.
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Entertainment, alcoholism, books, recovery

Nov 14, 2011 at 2:00pm | 0 comments