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  • Finalising: The Nitty and The Gritty

    Although there are many elements that we each have in common in recovery like forgiveness, self acceptance and green thoughts, the obstacles to overcome them can be different and in that way all of our recoveries are different. This used to frustrate me because I just wanted to take the hand of a careworker and get their imprint and use this as my roadmap - just replicate it.

    For finalising I see that for me to live at my full potential and full happiness that I have very different...

  • Bodywork & ED recovery

    Bodywork &ED recovery

    The body is the most precious thing you have in life. ED tarnishes it somewhat. Bodywork as part of recovery gives it back it's gleam. When we develop ED we lose all connection with our body's. Massage helps re-establish the connection by using the healing power of touch. This can help raise awareness of the different parts of the body eg arms and legs etc. 

    Massage can help the body on a physiological level in several other ways by:
    -Improving...

  • Breaking out for Spring!

    Hi there
    I just want to share a success, although difficult, I pushed through conditions contraints today and took a further step towards freedom.
    I have for some time been locked in by condition re what I can or can't eat at lunchtime, where I can eat, what time and even at one time what brand and what spoon and bowl. Looking back I've chipped away and had achieved wriggle room, bit by bit. When I look back I had even forgotten the spoon thing and the brand thing, yet at the...

  • 1st February, St. Brigid's Day, marks the beginning of the Celtic Spring

    this is a long post... but I think it is really interesting to find out more about old cultures and traditions, and see what remains of them in our modern world...
    Time to sit back, reflect... and no time for condition ;-)
    Enjoy reading,
    xxx Robin xxx

    Imbolc, 1 February, St Brigid’s Day

    In Ireland, Spring begins officially on St Brigid’s Day, the first day of February, which is also the feast of Imbolc, the ancient pagan spring festival and the first...

  • lovely day!

    I had a really lovely day today so thought i would share it!

    i met my mum on the train today and we went up to newcastle to visit my sister. We went for a delicious meal, shopped all day, stopped for coffee and had a great catch up.

    As me and my sister are both at uni now we only really get to see the family at christmas ,easter and summer so this was such a lovely treat to spend the day with my mum and sister, completely condition free. i was looking for a dress for my 21st...

  • Asking for help ...

    lately the one thing that i am learning is that i am only as lonely as my secrets, as the things i keep to myself for whatever reason, shame, difficulty expressing, and not being sure if i want to share it...

    but today i let people in, it doesn't make the problem go away, and yeah you still have to go through whatever emotions fears or tears that come up but i didn't feel half as lonely as i have for a long time. i am only as sick or lonely as my secrets. noone is judging me noone is...

  • What our birthdays mean in condition and in freedom

    It's my birthday tm and first off not even a year ago would I have come on here and stated it so emphatically for fear people might think I was looking for attention. To me that's a change that seems to have happened all on its own - I think a lot of things change like that in recovery - honestly I never thought I'd come on and be seeing it from the roof tops so to speak.

    Last year I remember I was too afraid to check my Facebook page in case no one had wished me happy birthday. My...

  • Handbag passion

    Just a thought, not sure how many of you have a thing for handbags/shoes/gloves/scarves and other such items, but I'm a real addict ( in a good way)! I recently found myself rekindling that passion, for many years there was denial, I might buy but not allow myself use them, or enjoy them or it would have to be for only v v special occasions. Or else it was total deprivation, don't even loo. In recent weeks I've started to mooch, walk through handbag departments for a peep, whats new, do I...

  • Realisations - Self honesty

    Over the past few wks a lot of things have come up for me & I am very proud of myself for how well I have dealt with them & continue to deal with them.

    I suppose the topic of values has been in my mind for a while, and it really hit home a few wks back when I was in group & this very subject came up. I was so uncomfortable with it at first because I suppose I always kept away from this topic, I think I was nearly afraid of it & the more I look at things that have...

  • The importance of constructive coping skills in life

    The importance of learning constructive coping skills

    If you feel discouraged, angry, frustrated, overwhelmed - it's easy to reach for food to calm down. (Food cravings are often driven by emotions.)

    If you feel tired, you reach for food to try to get more energy ("I'm tired and I just want to eat.")
    When we feel angry in our relationships, we say and do things we regret later.

    When we feel scared, we don't think things through and often overreact based on our...