Bingeing

[Guest guest]

I have been an IOWL listener for almost 10 months now and my progress

has been exceptional. I've been a bulimic for about seven years,

since I was 15, but have almost completely eliminated purging from my

life. Bingeing, however, is a bit more difficult to break free from.

I wanted to solicit advice from those of you who share this problem

(if any of you do). Usually my binges are late at night, and I'm

trying to really dig deep into the core of WHY I binge, and what I

can do to stop the bingeing in its tracks. When I do binge, as I did

last night. I feel really terrible in the morning, both physically

and emotionally. Depending on the strength of the binge, I might feel

physically ill from all the bad food I've eaten.

But instead of beating myself up all day and punishing myself (as I

used to do), I'm trying to look for ways to be kind to myself and try

to just keep moving along on my journey toward breaking free.

Normally a binge would send me off course for a whole week or more,

but I'm trying to isolate the binge and get back on track as fast as

possible.

So anyway, does anyone have a similar problem? Is there anything you

do to make yourself physically and emotionally feel better the next

day? Usually I try to drink a lot of water and eat foods that are

super-healthy like fresh vegetables and fruit that sort of regulate

my sugar levels after having a large spike in sugar surging through

my system. I'll write in a journal and go for a drive and listen to

music to clear my head.

Any help or support is welcomed!

Thanks,

Colleen