Posted by backseatdriver on February 5, 2009, at 15:49:10
In reply to steps to control eating habits, posted by deerock on January 30, 2009, at 18:04:32
A book that helped me:
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, _Holy Hunger_ is a memoir that portrays the author's recovery from an eating disorder and the spiritual longing behind addiction. I'm not religious at all, but I really resonated with her message, which is nondenominational and transcends the quick-fix mentality that dogs a lot of thought about eating disorders and addiction more generally.
Her central insight is that desire goes both ways -- a desire for anything or anyone is a circuit that closes within the self.
Closing the circuit with anything external (my favorites are food and alcohol and sex) only makes life worse. I have found that psychodynamic psychotherapy helps me.
-BSD
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