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  1. Twinge
    July 16th 2010 09:52 AM - permalink
    Twinge
    haha its normal,i met a girl from Florida thats pale and gets sunburned very easy. its all a bit weird. i never got tanned in my life,neither i want to. solarium is an unnatural way to go, and i don't like the sun cause of UV. plus i consider being a bit pale is more attractive looking.

    great to hear that your fighting,making a change against ED. wish you the best luck at it! you do know its a big step you have to take to be healthy cause your beautiful the way your made.
    i'm sure you heard that from many other people though.

    i am pretty much fine,no bipo attacks for now. but it seems like my modem(cause it is very hot) is going to explode so i gotta be fast. my internet was on like...30 minutes.
  2. Twinge
    July 15th 2010 09:06 PM - permalink
    Twinge
    hey Esther. just stopping by and saying hi. how have you been these days?
    love your profile picture. you look lovely!
    you look a bit pale though. there must be sun above Spain right now.
  3. Crescendo
    July 15th 2010 08:46 PM - permalink
    Crescendo
    sorry for the delay in getting back to you. tomorrow at 9:00 your time ( which i think is 3 pm my time.) is good. look forward to going to the meeting with you -megan
  4. Crescendo
    July 10th 2010 08:46 PM - permalink
    Crescendo
    what time zone is the 9:00 at?
  5. Crescendo
    July 10th 2010 08:21 PM - permalink
    Crescendo
    okay, let me know if you find a meeting time that's good for you and i'll try to be available.
  6. Crescendo
    July 10th 2010 05:00 PM - permalink
    Crescendo
    I'm glad you're interested! here is the list of online meetings, just change the time zone so it's where you are. http://www.oa.org/meetings/find-a-meeting-online.php any meetings are great, but try to go to a "NEWCOMER" meeting, it will say "newcomer" all the way to the right of the meeting in the "Special focus" column. and while you're in the meeting say you're new and need a sponsor. a sponsor is an experienced OA member who will frequntly talk to you one on one and help you work the steps.if you find a meeting that you might want to go to today or this weekend, and might want me to go with you, let me know and i'd be more than happy to go with you. also you might want to check out this link : http://www.oa.org/new-to-oa/what-you-can-expect.php to find out what the meetings are all about.
  7. shaytaan
    July 10th 2010 01:38 AM - permalink
    shaytaan
    No prob
    Wish I could help more though...
  8. Crescendo
    July 9th 2010 10:07 PM - permalink
    Crescendo
    Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a group of people who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive eating. Although the primary focus is compulsive overeating, people with all types of eating compulsions (meaning eating disorders) are welcome. There is no cost to be in OA and you don't have to sign up.

    OA is a spiritual program, but is not associated with any one religion.

    this is directly from the OA website:

    "Who belongs to OA?
    In Overeaters Anonymous, you’ll find members who are extremely overweight, even morbidly obese; moderately overweight; average weight; underweight; still maintaining periodic control over their eating behavior; or totally unable to control their compulsive eating.

    OA members experience many different patterns of food behaviors. These “symptoms” are as varied as our membership. Among them are:

    obsession with body weight, size and shape
    eating binges or grazing
    preoccupation with reducing diets
    starving
    laxative or diuretic abuse
    excessive exercise
    inducing vomiting after eating
    chewing and spitting out food
    use of diet pills, shots and other medical interventions to control weight
    inability to stop eating certain foods after taking the first bite
    fantasies about food
    vulnerability to quick-weight-loss schemes
    constant preoccupation with food
    using food as a reward or comfort

    Our symptoms may vary, but we share a common bond: we are powerless over food and our lives are unmanageable. "


    so basically if you have any or many of the above symptoms OA can help you!

    OA can help in a few ways - by working the 12 steps with a sponsor, by going to meetings (there are a TON of online and phone meetings if there are no face to face meetings in your country or area.) and with tools to stop compulsively eating one day at a time.

    The 12 steps are as follows:
    1. We admitted we were powerless over food — that our lives had become unmanageable.
    2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
    3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
    4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
    5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
    6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
    7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
    8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
    9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
    10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
    11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
    12 .Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to compulsive overeaters and to practice these principles in all our affairs."


    They say "God" and "Him" in the 12 steps, but you don't have to believe in God. You can believe in anything you want: Allah, Jesus, Buddha, many gods, the universe, nature, and any more options, what ever feels right for you.

    I know i just gave you a ton of info, so let me know what your initial reactions are- what you're thinking and if you have any questions or anything, and if you think this might help you, we'll go from there!
  9. Crescendo
    July 9th 2010 03:55 PM - permalink
    Crescendo
    I'm doing okay. I just got home from a psychiatric residential facility a month ago, and i'm doing a lot better than before (socializing more, taking better care of myself, etc) but i have also still been struggling with mood swings and paranoia/flashbacks, which is really tough for me. Thanks for asking

    You're dealing with a lot. Remember that even though you may be anxious to ask for help, that we all need somebody to lean on. if you have a hard time expressing yourself through words maybe try art like collaging or poetry and share it with someone you trust.

    Regarding your eating disorder, I also have an eating disorder. (eating disorder not otherwise specified- for me i binge a lot and then sometimes restrict and have very low self esteem, etc.) A lot of doctors are starting to think of eating disorders as addictions, just like alcoholism and drug addictions. Thinking like this really helped me. I have also been working the 12 steps )have you heard of alcoholics anonymous or other 12 step programs?) and its been helping me so so much with my eating disorder. it might really help you too.... let me know if you want to know more about it!


    Megan
  10. shaytaan
    July 9th 2010 01:32 AM - permalink
    shaytaan
    Esther...
    i'm here for you, but sorry I don't know what to say about your binges =/
    If I understood them more I maybe could help more, but....
    I figure you don't want advice from a kid on the internet who doesn't have a clue what he's saying...
    Just stay strong!!!

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