Real Stories of Real Recovery
Recovery is possible. Never forget that and never let anyone convince you otherwise.
Here are a few words of inspiration for you from bulimics who have gone through our recovery program.
You gave me a life! Words can't express how incredibly grateful I am...
Since joining your website last year and meeting up with a
friend I met on the site, I am proud to say that I am still free of
bulimia (16 months!!!).I just wanted to let you know that you and Ali saved my life. What am I saying? You gave me a life! Words can't express how incredibly grateful I am to you both. I wish you so much success!
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I can't even express the sense of freedom I have every day of my life now...
Hey I'm Catherine, I'm 25, from the UK and I am a Recovered Bulimic. I had Bulimia for 10 and a half years and disordered eating pretty much my entire life. I always thought recovery was IMPOSSIBLE. For the majority of my life I wasn't interested in trying to get better anyway, but I think in the last few months of my bulimia things got so serious, I was sure I was going to die. If things would have continued I probably would have.A good day for me was B/P-ing twice a day, a usual day however consisted of me B/P-ing 10-25 times a day especially in the later stages of my disorder - It was the scariest and most out of control time of my life.
But something happened to me, once I'd hit this total rock bottom I decided that maybe I could give recovery a chance, just to see if it was possible. I randomly found this site that same day and suddenly I wasn't alone anymore, in that moment I realised I did deserve a chance at life.
Despite the fact that most of us have read every book under the sun I can honestly say this program really is different. While I've been in recovery for 14 months now I owe it all to this site and the things I learned from Richard & Ali.
Coming here and learning about structured eating all those months ago saved my life, I had bulimia for ten and a half years and now I am totally free.
The program it's self is a real eye opener, I sat there nodding and laughing to myself at how much sense it makes, it is like nothing I have ever read before, we have the real deal here guys!
I have been in successful recovery for 17 months now. I have learned more about myself and about bulimia than I ever thought possible.
I can't even express the sense of freedom I have every day of my life now. Being able to have any amount of previously triggering foods at home and knowing 100% that I wont feel the urge to relapse. I'm living in heaven right now and you can get here too. Give recovery everything you have and a whole lot of time and you can reach even further than you ever thought possible.
Richard I could say thank you a million times and it still wouldn't be enough, you and Ali are real life superheroes :) x x
I read through the program, and damn it, all of it made a lot of sense. I am SOOOOOO grateful...
I bought the program knowing that it was conceived with a lot of love,
and honest labour. I read through the step by step eBook, and damn it,
all of it made a lot of sense. I am SOOOOOO grateful. Thank you for all your hard work. I believe that this is a gift, and the 70 dollars is an investment in my health wealth and happiness.I hope that you know you've made a difference for me.
I went to my psychologist, who (no exaggeration!) nearly had a heart attack with the progress...
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
My name is Emma and I'm 27 and live in Melbourne, Australia. I've had an ED (anorexia) since I was 17 and battled on an off with it for years. Early this year I had a big relapse, and then developed bulimia for the first time when I was trying to recover.
The last 7 months I have been binging/purging every day, mostly multiple times and feeling so low that I even started self harming as a method of escaping the binge/purge cycle. I have been having psychology session weekly since April as well as NLP and Nutrition sessions. I have been so determined to beat this for good- but yet I was slipping lower and lower week by week.
Last Friday (3 Sept) I didn't eat all day, then binged late at night- and was lying on the couch in a cloudy haze and felt the darkness coming in. I was close to giving up everything. But yet I just wanted to try one more day. Then when I logged onto the Bulimia Help website I saw your program had been released so I purchased it straight away. I had (literally) nothing to lose- and only my life to gain.
I got up Saturday morning and listened to the meditation audio and promised myself to do Guided Eating for the day. Well to say I had an awesome day would be an understatement!! I ate THREE meals and THREE snacks and couldn't stop smiling! In fact I wrote on the top of my self-monitoring sheets I do for my psychologist This was the best, most GREAT day I've had this year!”
I followed that up with the same on Sunday (and I'm talking about eating brown rice, heaps of veggies, yogurt, fruits and dips etc- amazing!!). I also went to yoga and walks (instead of running 15km or going to the gym). I've taken the next 2 weeks off work to truly focus on my recovery.
Monday I had a breakthrough when I was doing the meditation audio- I could (for the first time) SEE my 'healthy' body and I really stepped into it! I realise this had been a big barrier to my recovery previously I couldn't 'see' what the future would be like so I remained stuck. I couldn't relate to my future self. Well, during the meditation I danced a little jig in that future body and jumped up and down with excitement it felt great! So now I can't wait to get there!!
Tonight I went to my psychologist, who (no exaggeration!) nearly had a heart attack with the progress I have miraculously made in 1 week! She couldn't believe it!! She said I made her day and she's never seen a smile as big as mine was tonight! I say miraculous because it does feel like I have received a miracle through both of you, Richard and Ali.
I've been doing the guided eating audio too which is good especially if I'm on my own. And I've been ok eating without it, but am still apply the techniques I've learnt in the last 3 days. I can't believe I'm eating full meals in front of my family, WITHOUT guilt or anxiety. wow wow wow!
Anyway, I just KNOW that this is real recovery. After 10 years this seems unbelievable but I'm going with it. And I actually trust Richard when he tells me that I will become my natural, healthy weight even though I'm eating. I've been told that so many times- but somehow doing it in the meditation- I really DO believe it (not just try to believe it).
Thanks again- I'm excited to wake up in the morning now and I received from you both the best gift of all... hope for the future!
I love the method, it is so so so so helpful...
Hi Richard, I love the method, it is so so so so helpful and i'm doing
really well so THANKYOU! your voice puts me to sleep every night! haha.Thanks for saving my life Richard and Ali! xoxo
More helpful then the ones at the Toronto General Hospital and the North York Hospital...
I live in Toronto, Canada which apparently has great Ed recovery programs....
They had never heard of this site which I am finding more helpful then
the ones at the Toronto General Hospital and the North York Hospital.
It’s
simple, makes so much sense and despite only having started to try and
implement it into my life, I can already see massive benefits!
Thank you and Ali once again for all your fantastic work that has helped me and so many people.For me I'm so over being bulimic, I'm not looking for some underlying issues... or problems as to why I am bulimic. We all have our problems, I just want to get out of the hellish cycle, learn healthier coping mechanisms, and get on with my life. The Method is great for that. It really offers sound insight for getting to grips with structured eating and why it is so important for any ED person to stick to it..
I also really like the extras- the interviews which are 30 mins each, the recovery stories and the guided eating.
I think the price, for a recovery programme, is worth it (if I think to all the money I have flushed down the toilet and shelled out for therapy). It has certainly helped me. I would definitely recommend it.
If I could suggest one thing for you it would be to buy the program! It’s simple, makes so much sense and despite only having started to try and implement it into my life, I can already see massive benefits! Do yourself a favour and buy it.
Now, thanks to you, I feel like I can really turn my life around...
Hi Richard, I bought your course almost as soon as I could. because. I
love the layout, it is so easy to read and follow- as in the past I've
been put off reading 600 page books on recovery. I have read the
whole thing now and I can't wait to get started, in fact I wanted to
start that day there and then I was so motivated!I could relate to everything you mentioned about the onset of my bulimia- there is no dark, hidden, abusive, past to my life, I literally just went on a diet, a serious diet that spiralled out of control, which has ruined over 3 years of my life! Now, thanks to you, I feel like I can really turn my life around.
I will let you know how I get on and I'm sure I'll end up with a few more questions as time goes on! Thanks again, you have done an amazing job. I’m still shocked at how much I could relate to in the beginning of your ebook; you really do know what you are talking about!
The day after I found this site was my 1st day not purging in years...
I just want to give my thanks to you also for this website. It really
has saved my life. Months before I found this site I was always on the
phone and online trying to find some kind of help or support and it’s
ridiculous how little resources there are. When I came across this site
it immediately gave me a sense of I am not alone. The day after I
found this site was my 1st day not purging in years. I am now on day 13
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I hit my rock bottom exactly this time last year, found this AMAZING site and slowly began to finally recover...
I've been on this site for almost two years and you've really changed my life. So, all I have is thanks for you. purge free for 6 months ... thanks to you :)I haven't purged since last december 2nd by vomiting although I have purged by over exercising a couple of times. Not to blow my own trumpet or toot my own horn or whatever the expression is....I have come a very long way with recovery mentaly and am definitly enjoying a WAAAY better quality of life. I'm so greatful to even just being able to get up and go about normal daily tasks without obsessing about about food and feeling paralisingly self conscious. Something that this time last year was a monumental order..just getting out of bed at all last year was like climbing mount everest.
I hit my rock bottom exactly this time last year, found this AMAZING site on I think the 2 of November and slowly began to finally recover, after many previous failed attempts..Im now back in college after having to drop out last year and am doing well.. overall a MASSIVE improvement in my life..in fact I am now living a pretty full and "normal" life rather than not even wanting to be alive.
For the first time in many years I feel a sense of hope...
I too wish to thank you for offering this wonderful site, it is a
lifeline and for the first time in many years I feel a sense of hope.
I’m just thankful for you making this site...It has literally saved my life!!!!
Thank you for caring so much about all of us people that you don’t even
know!!! You are amazing person and thank
you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Practical useful steps like your method seems to be working for me...
I’ve had anorexia or bulimia (for 28 years) and have been mostly
seriously underweight for all my adult life. I have tried it all -
counselling, CBT, psychiatry, inpatient, outpatient, ED unit, self help,
psychiatric drugs, hypnosis - yada yada yada – practical useful steps
like your method seems to be working for me
This
site has got me further in recovery than any other institution, to me,
it is well worth the price for a lifetime of recovery...
So I decided to buy the program and I do like it so far. Very
no-nonsense/to the point. I really love that there is a mind-audio MP3
because I find working with the sub-conscious mind to be very effective!For me, I find the program puts bulimia in such simple terms, it makes sense to me. This is perhaps just what I, personally need. I am relieved that I am not mad, I am not losing it, and my body is simply reacting to the restrictive eating I have continually put it through. I am not denying there may be underlying reasons, but a lot of them I think my bulimia has prolonged and made worse.
To be honest, if there are any further underlying issues, I really don't want to know. I spent a year of my life in a private mental hospital looking/searching for reasons for why I was like this.. it was an emotional and physically exhausting period.. and not successful in terms of helping me let go of my eating disorder. I never want to go back to this. Now I have simply had enough of my life with bulimia...
I started structured eating and one by one the eating disordered thoughts are slowly dissipating. One thing I was told in hospital.. and again in the program is to stick to your meal plan, as soon as you start to restrict, the ED thoughts come straight back, and it's true.
I have found the program to be incredibly helpful at my stage of recovery (long-term and seriously wanting to get bulimia out of my life!!). The different stages, steps, the interviews, together with the website all assist in my recovery.
As regards the price... it's £45 in the UK... that used to be ONE days binge money for me at one point... I paid £50 a session to see a therapist over a period of 6 months and I'm not even going to calculate the amount of money spent when in hospital. Given this site has got me further in recovery than any other institution, to me, it is well worth the price for a lifetime of recovery.
Each to their own, however for me, this site it has been instrumental in my decision to recover and to assist me through the process. The program only reinforces and strengthens my decision. Money well worth spent I say
My life changed dramatically the day I logged into this site...
Just wanted to let you know that I am celebrating four weeks of my
recovery! I couldn't do any of this without the support of this great
site. My life changed dramatically the day I logged into this site and actually made the difficult realization that I was suffering from bulimia, it actually brought me to tears!Since then, for once, I don't feel alone and life is brighter. If you can’t afford therapy at the moment this site truly is the best thing.
You can be free too...
All I can say Richard is thank you. Thank you so much. Your site and
material has helped me when the NHS has left me in the dark and still on
the waiting list for help.I have cone so far and I couldn't have done it without this site. When I read your book everything clicked right from how it all started. So thank you, you are a wonderful amazing person to give so much to help others xxx
This site is saving my life!!
This site is saving my life!! It is a miracle that I found it when I
did! It is supportive and gives tools like the structured eating plan
which was never suggested to me by any of the therapists I had. Also, it
is nice to know that there are other people out there struggling like I
am and checking out this site has helped me to avoid a binge so many times. G-d bless u:)
I have reached my goal of making it until the end of the year with no B/P
I really found myself here by accident, but am I ever SOOO happy that I found the support here that I need.I'd like to tell you that thanks to the help, resources and support I found on yours and Ali's website that since the very first day I logged on here I have not binge/purged once AND I have reached my goal of making it until the end of the year with no B/P.
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