Sofia Bothwell

When I gave up compulsive eating I thought it was the end - a goal achieved, a long awaited destination finally reached. I discovered in fact it was the start of a new life for me. For to actually live a life free from the compulsion to eat when full changes things. One of the first things to change was I left my family home to live with my boyfriend and six months later to move to London. When you change from being a person who eats when full to a person who stops when full, you are actually becoming a person who switches from suppressing their emotional stuff to someone who is aware of and resolves their emotional stuff. This is a huge difference. You change from not really being aware of how you feel about things to being someone who is very aware about how you feel about things. You change from someone who does not really take into consideration what you deeply know to be true and become someone who actively asks yourself what you would want and like from any given situation. You ...

Our life really is a precious thing. How aware are you of how precious your life is? Are you bored with it? Are you thankful for it? Do you see, and hear, and experience the treasures that are part and parcel of your life? It is a wonderful thing to be aware of exactly how precious your own life is. My work and studies over the years have been in the field of addiction recovery - specifically recovery from compulsive eating. So much about addiction is about running away from life because it is so difficult for the person themselves. Some are only aware that the food when full, wine or drugs  are the highlight of their days, and to live without eating when full, drinking  or drug taking, would simply be impossible. What they don't realise is that what is impossible for them to deal with is the underlying issues that the food when full , drink or drugs mask. They must find another way to approach the emotional issues underlying their habit or addiction to food when full , dri...