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Post by: This is Me |
Posted: 11/25/07 09:23 am |
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So how was everybody's Thanksgiving? Mine was incredibly easy, relatively speaking. It was much easier than I had anticipated! I actually ate intuitively, and I didn't feel guilty at how much I had eaten!! There wasn't nearly the anxiety before the meal that I've had in the past.
How were things for everyone else? Better than expected? Worse? What kinds of things are you doing to help you cope through the holidays?
I think this is a subject that gets reviewed every year, and it could use another review now. Let's keep it positive and share ideas for recovery and healthy coping! |
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Reply by: bear |
Replied: 11/30/07 04:16 pm |
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Thanksgiving was wonderful! I went back home - where I hadn't been for three years because I was so afraid of going back to the place where my ED started - and it was better than I could have imagined. The food was a wonderful part of the weekend, but it was second by a long shot to reconnecting with the people I love, the people I've missed, the people my eating disorder pulled me away from. There was a lot of healing.
I hope everyone had a good one. It's just incredible - I've been pretty solid in recovery since I left the Center, and every day, still, everything seems so new and exciting. I still feel like I'm learning how to live, be real, be me. Its wonderful and beautiful and strange and new and scary all at once...
By the way, "this is me", I think we were in at the same time. I was in Apr 06-August 06. yes? |
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Reply by: This is Me |
Replied: 12/02/07 03:17 am |
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Yes, I was March 06 to August 06. So who the heck are you? I was roommates with Sis her first two weeks, then went to RTC. I'm trying to think. Oh, wait, prestigious university! I think I talked to you like your first night in the Center -- we sat on the loveseat under the window and you told me about school and stuff and why you were at the Center. Is that you? Were you ever on caution and really, really upset about it? (Sorry if that brings up bad memories)
And Sis, I'm glad to hear from you again. I keep meaning to e-mail Rita about maybe getting us in touch by e-mail but I forget! Life is sooooo busy! I am still doing really good, amazed at life in recovery! How are you? Are you overseas now and how are things going keeping up with supportive care and stuff?
Wishing you both, and everyone else, the best at this most difficult time of year!! Keep smiling and remember, Recovery Rocks!!! |
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Reply by: bear |
Replied: 12/03/07 12:35 am |
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Hi you two,
I know you both!! I read both this exchange and the one "for sis." This is me - yes, I'm who you're thinking of. You were the first person I talked to, I think. And now it clicked that you and sis were roomies. I WAS on caution and was very upset about it - but, funny isn't it, I look back on that now and thank God I got to work through all that stuff in the safety of the Center. Like that confuscious affirmation - our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall... And sis - yes, I think of you often as well! I'm sending hugs and love your way. How exciting that you are in Hawaii, in recovery, living life.
I'm so excited to be in touch with you both!!!! It seems like most of the people more my age when I was in have relapsed...sadly...and its so great to hear you are both doing so well. I am doing GREAT! I took six more months off school to focus on recovery after I left CFC and then went back to school and graduated last May! Yahoo!!!!! That was REALLY hard, but worth it. I had a lot of support and I'm glad I took that risk. And then I spent the summer refocusing on recovery and in August moved to San Francisco. I'm living with my sister. I am so happy. My life is just amazing, every day a blessing. I'm not in therapy anymore, not on meds, none of it. I go to meetings and take care of myself and cry when I need to and its just gotten so easy to be in recovery. Life is challenging, but I think that's normal. You might both remember that I went on caution in the fist place because of a different addiction than ED and guess what? I'm coming up on a year and a half sober! My last drink was the one right before I came back to the center.
Its amazing the things we got to see each other go through, isn't it? I'm so grateful to be able to share this with you both. Keep in touch! What are you up to these days, this is me?
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Reply by: This is Me |
Replied: 12/03/07 03:33 am |
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I am going to school!! I am so excited, it has been a remarkable journey for me. I should graduate next year and then we will see what life holds -- maybe graduate school?
I do still see a therapist and go to meetings, but the food issues are pretty much done; no dietitian, no anxiety over food -- just amazing healthy intuitive eating. Isn't it wonderful to have a good relationship with food again??
Oh, and the best part about what I'm doing these days -- I am Living! Not just going through the motions. I have to agree that the experiences I faced while at the Center were the most difficult and painful of my life, but also such a blessing to have that safety net there. I don't know if either of you remember some of the stuff going on in my life while I was inpatient, but there's no way I could have survived that outside the Center -- I would have been flat on my face back into the eating disorder!
I am so proud of you, Bear, for a year and a half sober! That is a great milestone!! I too have been sad to hear of soooooo many relapses, so I LOVE to hear the success stories. Keep it up gals! |
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