The Time is Now
The Time is Now. This is the theme for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, which is going on right now. I love this theme, and for me, it really hits home. In every journey, it takes something different to reach the point where this feels true, for someone to say to themselves, "The time is now." Rock bottom means something different for each of us. So what did it take for me to say, "The time is now"? Well, the short answer is, "A lot. A lot had to go wrong, or at least feel like it had gone wrong." But the long answer, well, it's long. So get cozy, grab a blanket, and let's get into it. My journey through anorexia took about 15 years, from the time I started to hate my body and began unhealthy behaviors to lose weight until the time I could honestly say I was fully recovered. My ED took everything from me. It took my joy, my strength, my passion. It took me awa...