Eating Disorder Anonymous Edmonton

Recovery means living life on life's terms, facing pains and fears without obsessing on food, weight and body image. In our eating disorders, we sometimes felt like helpless victims. Recovery means gaining or regaining the power to see our options, to make careful choices in our lives. Recovery means rebuilding trust with ourselves, a gradual process that requires much motivation and support.

The problem (an eating disorder) is not about food/weight/body image or exercise. Neither is the solution!
Recovery is about feelings, and full recovery is not about control, but about surrender and acceptance. We cannot simply “cage the tiger and let it out three times a day to eat.” We ARE the tiger: caging ourselves doesn’t allow us to live free.