Tag: eating disorders anonymous
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More Step 4 Journaling
Step Four (traditional language): Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Charlotte Kasl reminds us that it is important to “take inventory” of positive things that support our recovery and that we want to grow towards. Another core component of Step 4 is examining the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that fuel, encourage or…
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Step 4 Journaling
Option 1: Imagine a future version of yourself, in strong recovery or recovered, and able to be present for your connected and authentic life. Option 2: Option 3: spend some time working on the table below: Thought or belief about myself that fuels eating disorder behaviors What I can tell myself instead Example: I’m only…
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Step 3 Journaling/Art Making
Step 3 asks us to honestly examine our willingness to put our trust in something beyond our eating disorders. As we read on Monday, even though a leap or change is not required at this step, just stating our willingness can feel terrifying because we still have faith that our eating disorders are what keep…
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How does the eating disorder “try to help?” – Another Step 1 Journaling/Art/Reflection Prompt
Many of us realize that we turn to our eating disorders as a way to help ourselves feel better: by numbing, distracting, or otherwise helping us cope with difficult life circumstances. We want to be clear: many of us do have very real and challenging life issues like serious illness of ourselves or a family…
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Meditation on a new start for eating disorder recovery
The new year holds out the possibility that we can learn from the past but not be bound by it. That we can move away from self-defeating habits. That we can learn how to give ourselves what we need: body, mind, and spirit. That we will know that we are not too much or too emotional…