One Life:Hope, Healing and Inspiration on the Path to Recovery from Eating Disorders; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Start Now; 1Week One: Be Honest; 2Week Two:Accept Your Feelings; 3Week Three:Use Your Voice; 4Week Four: Be Creative; 5Week Five:Reach Out to Others; 6Week Six:Relinquish Control; 7Week Seven:Be Your True Self; 8Week Eight:Triumph Over Triggers; 9Week Nine:Have Integrity; 1 0Week Ten:Embrace Change; 1 1Week Eleven:Empower Yourself; Useful Contacts; Index
Summary
Many people with an eating disorder also suffer from low self-esteem, depression and anxiety. Eating disorders such an Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia are maladaptive coping mechanisms, and recovery requires the learning of new, healthy coping skills. One Life is a positive and inspirational first person account of one girl's path to recovery. The book boldly details her eleven-week stay in a residential eating disorder clinic - showing her progress from near-death on admission to a full recovery on departure. Each of the 11 chapters of the book deals with a week of her stay there, and opens with
