Your Role by Tony Paulson

Need for others?

Aren't we all needy in some way? We need others to help us with our struggles and to share in the joys of our lives. People with eating disorders are the first to help a friend and not think twice about it but the last one to ask for help. Why the contradiciton?

Success Stories

I was facilitating a group the other evening consisting of patients and their loved ones. We call it our "Multi-Family Group. " Its great because families and patients are all together learning about recovery. Families learn so much from each other and the support they give one another is inspiring.

Anyway, what I am getting at is in the group we started discussing times in which patients wanted to engage in their eating disorder behavior but found a way not to. Interestingly, most of the "success stories" involved a member of their support team. What I mean by this is that patients successfully refrained from engaging in their eating disorder behaviors because they reached out to a a member of their support team.

What I would like to do is hear from you regarding times you felt like engaging in your eating disorder behavior but found a way not to. I am hoping that your stories will inspire others to do the same.