Its sad to think I woud have to go to such lenghths to have to write it all out and hand a signed document to doctors (thinking about the dentist) in order to be believed.

I do have difficuty writing things out . I have told my story to therapists many times just not in writing,

the statistics for recovery for an eating disorder are rare so most assume one always is sliping . And what some woud considered recoverd You have to eat tripple chockolate cake everyday and not compain for instance can make it difficut to stand tall and state recovery . Its not the same as nver picking up again its more like why are you so picky relax ! have a big mac YUCK!!!

Anytime I felt like a return might be o the horizon I woud rush in to see a doc to talk if i did not have a therapist . so my medical record has this on record . and not much else because I 've been so healthy .

Even the way its writen has me at my worst and the cumuitive effect looks bad.Lie Im always struggling.

I don't stop in when Im fine which is the majority of the time . I run for help because I don't want to go back there.

One therapist I started with was a man who had a weight problem . he got pretty upset when I said i do not need to talk about food issues because thats not my problem right now.

I never once had to talk about food and left him to take care of his own problem.

I think in general the public has this image of addicts being liers cheats and thiefs which can be true when not in recovery .

When some expects a person to be a certain way and conveys that, it can have a effect of bringing it about.

The recovery road has many chalenges .

Thanks Deliquesce

Patricia