http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2009/03/how-did-i-get-an-eating-disorder/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Addiction treatment, drug rehab, substance abuse prevention, sober living information and much more! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:57:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2009/03/how-did-i-get-an-eating-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-101252 Michie DeBerry Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:21:25 +0000 http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/?p=899#comment-101252 I have never had any experience with eating disorders, but I did have a drug addiction. I admitted to myself, often times, that I was a heroin addict, and I often times did not have problems admitting to other people that I had a heroin problem, but when it came to talking to people who could help me, I didn't want to talk. I didn't want help. It had me so badly, that I did not want to quit doing the drug, I did not want to quit getting high. Sometimes, people don't want help, and so sometimes we have to force help on them. The sad part is, in many places people do not know how to help addicts. Rosecrance, which is a leading drug rehab in my area, has a 12% success rate, that is only measured for 6 months. I ended up being court ordered to a place called Reformers Unanimous, which boasts an 82% success rate, and it has absolutely changed my life. It's a faith-based program, and I definitely believe it when Jesus says in the Bible "I am the way" because I tried the other programs, and was unable to find any victory, but after trying RU, I found the victory that I needed, in Christ. One thing that I learned quickly is that I didn't have a drug problem, but rather a relationship problem. I didn't have a relationship with the most important person in the universe, Jesus Christ, and so after coming to Christ, asking for forgiveness of my sins, I began to build that relationship with Him. Likewise, people with eating disorders don't have a disorder, they have a relationship problem, and they need to examine themselves, prayerfully, with the wet-wipe of the Word, and get right with God. I have never had any experience with eating disorders, but I did have a drug addiction. I admitted to myself, often times, that I was a heroin addict, and I often times did not have problems admitting to other people that I had a heroin problem, but when it came to talking to people who could help me, I didn’t want to talk. I didn’t want help. It had me so badly, that I did not want to quit doing the drug, I did not want to quit getting high. Sometimes, people don’t want help, and so sometimes we have to force help on them. The sad part is, in many places people do not know how to help addicts. Rosecrance, which is a leading drug rehab in my area, has a 12% success rate, that is only measured for 6 months. I ended up being court ordered to a place called Reformers Unanimous, which boasts an 82% success rate, and it has absolutely changed my life. It’s a faith-based program, and I definitely believe it when Jesus says in the Bible “I am the way” because I tried the other programs, and was unable to find any victory, but after trying RU, I found the victory that I needed, in Christ. One thing that I learned quickly is that I didn’t have a drug problem, but rather a relationship problem. I didn’t have a relationship with the most important person in the universe, Jesus Christ, and so after coming to Christ, asking for forgiveness of my sins, I began to build that relationship with Him. Likewise, people with eating disorders don’t have a disorder, they have a relationship problem, and they need to examine themselves, prayerfully, with the wet-wipe of the Word, and get right with God.

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