Intense pain often pushed me to make changes. The pain of the eating disorder pushed me into recovering from eating-disordered behaviors, and then the emotional turmoil I experienced without those behaviors (not knowing how to cope with perfectionism, feelings, and life in general) took me even further, so that I ultimately found serenity.

Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life (ed. McGraw Hill Professional, 2009) - ISBN: 9780071636780