A Voice in Recovery

10/12/2020

I barely remember this day. I had just got my hair colored and was wasted during it....and then drove home. I'm lucky I never killed anyone. I'm lucky I didn't kill myself. I've driven wasted too many times to even count before I stopped drinking. I was barely eating and completely sick in my eating disorder, alcohol addiction and I didn't think I'd make it to 30.
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I didn't choose to be an alcoholic, but I sure as f**k fought for my life and chose life. It is the thing I am the most proud of. I have struggled with eating disorders, alcohol, benzos, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, PTSD from trauma in college (relating to being r***d and seeing a terrible accident where people died near where I lived in UCSB).
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I've struggled but I chose life. I chose to change my life. I chose to be vulnerable, open and honest about my past. I became an activist to help not only myself, but to create a community of those who support one another.
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I don't judge people who are struggling because we share similar stories. Please be kind to yourself. Please be kind to others. You NEVER know what people are struggling with, especially this year.
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Check in on your friends. Choose empathy over judgment. Let's stop the stigma of mental illness.
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*almost 13 years booze free

05/03/2017

12/07/2016

For once, women sizes 24 and up get to show their style.

10/24/2016

Robin Williams' wife says his fight against Lewy Body Disease was "the biggest battle of his life". Susan Schneider believes her 63-year-old husband committed su***de in August 2014 because of the debilitating brain disease, which is the second most common form of neurodegenerative dementia after Al...

10/06/2016

You may remember Maria Kang from her fifteen minutes of fame a couple of years ago when she put some time and effort into looking like the cultural stereotype of beauty, had some success at that, then took a picture of herself wearing gym clothes with her three sons. Which is, of course, her preroga...

09/16/2016

ay Z wrote and narrates a compelling four-minute takedown of the United State's war on drugs, calling it an epic fail. Featuring illustrations by Molly Crabapple, The History of The War on Drugs: From Prohibition to Gold Rush was produced as an op-ed piece for The New York Times.

09/14/2016

It's not often you see plus size models at New York Fashion Week, let alone five plus size models — all seamlessly integrated with their straight size counterparts at Christian Siriano's Spring/Summer 2017 show on Saturday. Their presences on his runway — not only as plus size women, but several of

09/09/2016

Dieting—Dieting (defined as caloric restriction with the goal of weight loss) is a risk factor for both obesity and eating disorders. One study found that teens who diet are two to three times more likely to become overweight and one and a half times more likely to develop binge-eating disorder than teens who don’t diet. Dieting has emerged as the most important predictor to developing an eating disorder. One study showed that teens who severely restricted their caloric intake and skipped meals were 18 times more likely to develop an eating disorder than non-dieters; more moderate dieters were five times more likely to develop an eating disorder.

New guidelines for prevention of obesity and eating disorders in adolescents

09/07/2016

A highly controversial proposal is being made to allow pregnant women access to Australia's first and only medically supervised injecting centre.

08/30/2016

"Mental health is one of those things that has a bad stigma, especially in sports, and it's something that needs to change," Guillermo said. "It takes people's lives every day. It's not just college football. It's college students, any athletes. It's everyone."

"I'm on a journey to find my happiness again." With those words, Woods declared his intention to treat his anxiety and depression, which meant setting aside football and leaving Washington.

08/25/2016

AGAIN. WTF. This has to stop.

A hospital worker said that the man, Peter A. Kaisen, of Islip, was denied emergency-room service, a claim the hospital disputes.

08/17/2016

I have SO many commments. Instead I will just leave this here for YOU all to comment. Thoughts? My first thought was "Are you f**king kidding me?"

Making kids burn off those nuggets and fries.