EDH Blog Update

To our dear Visitors and Friends:

We wish to thank you for your continued support and loyalty to Eating Disorder Hope.  Recently, we have made several changes to our websites and blogs, and as a result, we will no longer be posting to this particular blog.  We would like to re-direct you to our new blog, found here.  You can also follow Eating Disorder Hope on Facebook for up-to-date articles, resources, and support for eating disorders and access our website at www.eatingdisorderhope.com.  We thank you for your patience during this time and hope you will continue to choose Eating Disorder Hope for your one stop resource for eating disorder treatment information and recovery tools.  We look forward to continually serving you!  Thank you for being a friend of Eating Disorder Hope.

Blessings,

Eating Disorder Hope

The Power of a Support Group in Recovery

Compulsive Overeating and the symptoms associated with it, can bring unfathomable shame, guilt, and despair to the man or women struggling.  It's no wonder, with these types of emotions, that many individuals suffering with an eating disorder do not seek out help or the appropriate treatment they need.  Eating disorders, such as compulsive overeating, are isolating diseases, often removing a person from their families, friends, and social life.

If you are a loved one has been struggling with an eating disorder, you may want to consider a support group as a place to start the process of recovery.  Though the idea of seeking treatment can be intimidating and overwhelming, joining with other individuals on a regular basis who may share similar experiences can be inspiring, encouraging, and strengthening.  Whether joining a group such as Over-Eaters Anonymous or finding a local support group through a church or treatment center, getting plugged in to a support system can be instrumental in breaking the bonds of an eating disorder.

For more information on how to get connected to a support group, please visit our website here.

Overeaters Anonymous Marathon of Meetings

The struggle with compulsive overeating can be a lonely and isolating experience.  If you are currently dealing with compulsive overeating, you may feel ashamed or embarrassed as a result of these behaviors, finding it difficult to reach out for help and support.  You are not alone in your struggles.  By joining a support group, you can take a positive step towards recovery and freedom from the prison that compulsive overeating can create.  Finding connections to others who have had experience in a similar path can offer the encouragement you need towards healing and self-care.  Such support groups that could offer these connections include Overeaters Anonymous, which is a worldwide fellowship that has created a solution to the problems arising from overeating.  WIth more than 6,500 group meetings and over 54,000 members, the odds are that you can find someone to connect and relate to!

To read more about Overeaters Anonymous and their upcoming Marathon of Meetings, please continue here.

What attitudes and actions help me remain in recovery?

Sometimes it feels like recovery is our daily cross to pick up and endure. It can be difficult. One wise young woman, in recovery, reminds us that humility is helpful when Walking in Recovery. Have you found certain attitudes and behaviors useful in your personal journey of recovery? If so, please share your ideas with us. We can learn from one another and feel a sense of comraderie just by knowing we are not alone in our struggles with compulsive eating.

Eating Disorder Hope Blog Update

To our dear Visitors:

We wish to thank you for your continued support and loyalty to Eating Disorder Hope.  Presently, our blogs are temporarily under construction as we seek to improve, enhance, and develop greater resources.  During this time, blog posts will be kept to a minimum, but we excitedly look forward to offering you increased resources in the very near future.  In the meantime, please follow Eating Disorder Hope on Facebook for up-to-date articles, resources, and support for eating disorders or access our website at www.eatingdisorderhope.com.  We thank you for your patience during this time and hope you will continue to choose Eating Disorder Hope for your one stop resource for eating disorder treatment information and recovery tools.  We look forward to continually serving you!

Blessings,

Eating Disorder Hope

Treating overeating & weight gain - a weekend for professionals by Beyond Chocolate

Counselling directory

Contact:Sophie Boss

tel: 07904125997

Event Date: 12/11/2011

Audience: Counsellors and Psychotherapists

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BEHAVIORAL CONTROL OF OVEREATING

RICHARD B. STUART

Summry-A behavioral treatment for overeating, utilizing operant and respondent conditioning techniques. is described. To date, all eight patients with whom this treatment has been employed have been suazssfully treated and no negative secondary reactions have been observed.

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