EAT ME!
The food in my fridge sings to me. And I mean it really sings. I suspect this is another one of those […]
The food in my fridge sings to me. And I mean it really sings. I suspect this is another one of those […]
I’m trying to picture a life free from disordered eating. What would it look like? How would I feel? What would be […]
See that picture? That’s my toes. Pointing at a blank spot. A blank spot where my scales have sat since we renovated the bathroom about 12 years ago. (Before that they sat somewhere else…) For as long as I can remember, I have weighed myself first thing every morning – day in day out. Like clockwork. A special, comforting routine. I’d climb out of bed, empty bladder, strip naked, stare at fateful numbers.
When I was a child I was repressed. Not in an awful way – we weren’t beaten or abused or mistreated in […]
Today was a non-linear recovery day. You know – the old cha cha cha – a few steps forward, a few steps […]
Today I ate Easter eggs. I didn’t enjoy them. And it isn’t Easter. There are bags and bags of leftover solid little eggs […]
I am heading into the woods. Recovery is a journey. A journey is traversed upon a road. This particular road heads into […]
For anyone who hasn’t noticed, I have been struggling. Struggling with the concept of recovery. With freedom. With any kind of belief […]
Relax! Huh?! People keep telling me to relax, take a bit of time out, chill! My massage therapist flops my arm around […]
Self-care. It’s the buzzword of the 21st century. I guess because a lot of us suck at it… There are over 242 words […]
I need to binge. I want to binge. I’m going to binge … says Mia … Why? … whispers Reason … Why? We do […]
I dream that one day I will be freed from the shackles of anxiety’s chaos. Freed from the pounding heart, shallow breaths […]
Sometimes I worry that the reason I struggle with recovery, is I don’t want to recover. And sometimes I worry that the […]
Some days I want to live. Some days I want to die. I’m not suicidal – not anymore. Or not at the […]
… I thought you’d gone away. I thought we had a little chat and I told you we can’t be friends any […]