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Welcome to Recovery Support, a safe place for those struggling with eating disorders in need of guidance, advice, or merely someone to listen and understand.

We are here to offer unconditional support and love to individuals who are suffering from or affected by eating disorders, and to tell you that recovery is possible.

All of the authors here at Recovery Support have first-hand experience with eating disorders, whether they be someone in recovery, or a family member/carer to someone suffering.

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slightlycrimson:

Ok- I’m putting this on tumblr so it’s actually written out, and other people are able to see it:

From today, I REFUSE to let this stuff keep taking over my life. From THIS SECOND, I will get back on the road to recovery. I know that it won’t be easy- but finally, after 3 months of relapse, I’m ready to start the hike again.

Wish me luck :)

Wishing you all the luck in the world lovely, this is wonderful to read. ♥

I want to let you know… Completely separate from you expanding yourself… How proud I am of you for fighting how you do. Because you look amazing. Know to me you look stunning. Please keep pushing. I love you.

Chris (via uncertainty-and-lust)

(via tellmeallyour-secrets-deactivat)

SamanthaGettinSkinny: I want to conquer this. More than anything in my life right now. I... »

samanthagettinskinny:

I want to conquer this.

More than anything in my life right now. I admitted to my mom I lied to the nutritionist. I’m going to fix that. And I’m going to fix this. I’m going to continue to see my nutritionist and I’m going to start seeing a therapist in treatment next week.

It’s not going to happen overnight. I might slip up. I might relapse. I might not! But I’m going to fix this. Because I owe it to myself to be happy.

I don’t know how long it’ll take, and I don’t know how much weight I’ll gain back, but I’m fixing this shit because I’m tired of crying and I’m tired of being unhappy and I’m tired of hating myself.
So, recovery? You are my bitch.

Things like this are always so beautiful/inspiring to read. You go girl!

Anonymous Asks:

That is honestly one of the loveliest things anyone has ever said to me, thank you. I'll try not to listen to those voices and hopefully i'll have the courage to get help. Thank you again x

recoverysupport Said:

Any time poppet, please do remember that you’re worth so much more than this. Lots of love and wishing you the best of luck! xo

Anonymous Asks:

I've had an eating disorder for over a year now and it is slowly ruining my life, I really want to seek help but i'm too scared to ask for it. I feel like nobody will take me seriously because they'll think i'm too fat to have an eating disorder and will just laugh at me. I just needed to get it off my chest, sorry.

recoverysupport Said:

Firstly, don’t apologise lovely, that is absolutely the last thing you should be doing. One of the primary problems when it comes to people wanting to seek help for their disorder/s is that they don’t think they’re ‘ill enough’ or are ‘too fat’, when this is absolutely not the case at all, I promise you. You must understand that the sooner you get help, the sooner you will be able to start the journey to a recovered life. Allowing yourself to spiral further downwards and become more unwell with your disorder before seeking help will only make it harder for you to recover sweetheart, and nobody wants that.

Unfortunately I knew a girl personally who was put on a 6 month waiting list to get help for her disorder on the NHS. Of course, this was incredibly disheartening for her, and she believed that by losing more weight they would take her more seriously and offer her help more quickly. She ended up becoming so unwell she had to go into inpatient care immediately, which ultimately made her road to recovery much, much longer than it had to be.

Please, don’t submit to the voices that tell you that people won’t take you seriously or that you are ‘too fat’. When I went to group therapy, the one thing that everyone said was that they felt ‘too fat’ to be there or deserving of help. This is the disorder speaking, and it isn’t true. People will take you seriously, they will want to help and they do want you to get better.

Your weight does not define how much torment you are experiencing from your disorder lovely, please try to remember this. No matter what weight you are, you deserve help, you deserve recovery, and you deserve to be happy. Please stay safe sweetheart, and please seek help.

Dear eating disorder,

jesourirai:

I can no longer be with you. You are a selfish bitch who thinks only about yourself. You are shallow and out of control. You’re killing me inside and I can’t stand your instability and the mental anguish you cause me.

Please fuck off.

I’m filing for separation, oh and I’m taking my sanity with me.

- Me

Anonymous Asks:

Could you please post some more information on lax/diet pill addiction and how to stop?

recoverysupport Said:

Of course sweetheart, I will make a note to do that today for you. Stay safe and keep your head up lovely.

(via mentally-ill-strong-will)

Anonymous Asks:

Don't you feel that since you aren't recovered, you are probably not the best person to give recovery advice? This reaks like a Marya hornbacher novel, I'm worried you don't realize that you do more harm than good for recovering anoretics and bulimics. This isn't a personal attack but in all honesty you're the last person I would take advice from

recoverysupport Said:

When you find any content on this blog that you consider to be ‘harmful’, just let us know. Even BEAT accepts people in recovery who aren’t yet recovered into certain areas of their volunteer program. Thanks for the message!

Anonymous Asks:

To the person who asked about being in the us and not having insurance: most cities has non-profit mental health facilities that offer many different types of counseling and services on a sliding scale for payment based on your income and even for free. Just google "your town" + free + counseling

recoverysupport Said:

Thanks so much for the advice anon, I’m sure sufferers from the U.S. will really appreciate this!