Body & Soul: A Guide to Lasting Recovery from Compulsive Eating and Bulimia [Paperback]

Susan Meltsner (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Hazelden (October 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894869035
• ISBN-13: 978-0894869037
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,947,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Recovering Using Reality vs. Therapy, November 3, 1997

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This review is from: Body & Soul: A Guide to Lasting Recovery from Compulsive Eating and Bulimia (Paperback)

I admit I purchased this book from the "discount" section of a local book store, after having bought
countless titles previously, all the while looking for the answers
regarding my food addiction and subsequent recovery.
What was the key to success? Who could help me
transform? When I saw the title, the words "bulimia"
and "recovery" jumped out at me, and I bought
the book in a knee-jerk reaction, thinking it was
just another in the series of failures. All of the reading
I had done up to this point had proven fruitless.
The book began much the same...tales of woe and sadness
by recovering overeaters and bulimics themselves, and the author's
own personal story, saying how we overeaters tend
to cover our emotions with food, and ignore the steps
needed to stay in recovery. "Yeah, yeah," I thought, as
I grabbed another cookie, "tell me something I DON'T
know!" (Chomp.)
That is exactly what Susan did for me in this book. I
was able to "put the cookie down" long enough to
keep this book in my hands, getting more from the
reading than I ever could from any cookie. What is different
about this self-help book was that she offered real,
useable solutions for recovery, even without intense therapy, and allowed you the
options of which you would like to use. They have
worked for others, and she encouraged their use
in a manner that was neither accusatory nor demanding.
She stated several techniques and affirmations to
use in place of the old, outdated eating tapes that
many of us overeaters have had ingrained on our
brains for years. Susan developed and explained three
phases of recovery, and I was able to envision myself in each stage.
She listed guidelines and characteristics of each stage, to let you know when you had entered.
It was inspiring to me to be able to
have that goal in mind, instead of where my next
meal would come from, or when my next purging session
would occur.
I was able to apply Susan's simple, yet necessary,
steps to recovering from my addiction, and recommend
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