ON AWAKENING

Food and body don’t have to be your only hobbies. I pulled this quote from Instagram back in January of 2018. Yesterday, I found it in my...

I think most everyone is grappling with who they are minus what they can do.

Today I stepped on the scale at my gym and saw a brand-new number. It was 17 pounds higher than the number I saw in September. It was hig...

Part of me wants to tell you what it has been like to gain weight. The fact that I’m larger now than I was four months ago is fairly cent...

It’s not like me to begin an interview by talking about myself. Typically, these interviews are a welcome and deliberate break from total...

Lindsey’s earliest memory is not her own. At least, not really. I typically begin interviews by asking people their earliest memory relat...

As a child, Kelsey carved a hole in the box spring of her bed. That's where she hid the wrappers, willing the evidence of her appetite to...

Sequoia is objectively cool. I would tell you why, but I don’t need to. Here’s a picture instead. Her story starts like that of many othe...

When Hannah was 9, she sat on a school bus clutching a stuffed animal. It was a soft little pig. A boy on the bus gave her a sidelong gla...

Typically, when I think about eating disorders, I focus on the similarities. Rigid rules, preoccupation with food, secret behaviors, body...

I’ve wondered...and wondered...and wondered… about the extent to which recovery from alcoholism mirrors recovery from eating disorders. U...

Moon isn’t much of a hippie. In fact, her name isn’t Moon. That was the name she requested. I asked for her pseudonym, and she said “Moon...

Ever since I began recovering from my eating disorder, I've just wanted to talk about it. Unfortunately, the average person’s reaction is...

You’ve seen the title, so I’ll clear the air: No, I’ve never been in an abusive relationship. Well, not exactly. I thought I might have b...

Some of my earliest memories involve eating with friends - the type of friends whose parents permitted sugar. At Mary’s house we ate Key ...

If you’ve ever had the flu, you know there’s a bittersweet relief in being too sick to show up. “Bitter” because you need to find a babys...

If you’re ever received formal treatment for substance abuse or other addictions, you likely recognize this wheel depicting the stages of...

On Sunday, I had the opportunity to share my story in a women’s recovery meeting. These days I rarely get nervous, largely because of th...

Picture this: You’re sitting next to someone special, and you’re compelled to ask a question that only Google can answer. You dutifully ...

At a certain point in high school, everyone stopped packing a real lunch. A real lunch was replaced by a Clif Bar, an apple, and carrots ...