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"...an incredible story! It was so engrossing that I couldn't put it down. [Good Enough] breaks through all the taboos on the subject that I can imagine without getting theoretical, self pitying, or dogmatic. [Good Enough] deserves a close reading by both the victims of eating disorders and anyone in a position to counsel, nurture, teach, mentor, or love these promising [people]. This story belongs in every middle, high school, and public library to bring hope to the sufferers and families of eating disorder victims. Anybody with $15.00 to spend on a book will be rewarded many times over their investment." -- Marne Rogers (parent), New York
Cynthia Nappa Bitter's quest for "a better me" is her ticket to a new adventure in Good Enough. Cindy climbs on the carousel of anorexia nervosa and bulimia when she's 14, never suspecting she'll spin there for more than two decades. Bitter glosses over her father's severe bouts with manic-depression while minimizing her mother's denial of the obvious. Neither the media nor society receive credit for fueling her quest for a skeletal shape or reinforcing this ideal once it's attained. The author's refusal to point the finger of blame away from herself illustrates the self-blaming nature of anorexia and bulimia. Chapter after chapter whirls through the binge/purge cycle year after year. As Cindy's despair mounts, so does reader-frustration until she vows to break the cycle. Deception, Cindy's ally through seizures, apparent heart attacks, and the loss of all her teeth, becomes the enemy. Bitter's message, that self-destructive behavior can be overcome, is as compelling as her honesty. -- From Independent Publisher
Cynthia [Nappa] Bitter's revealing biography is the intensely personal story of anorexia nervosa whose eating disorder began when she was fourteen. The obsessive mindset and the horrendous medical complications of bulimia and anorexia lead her to the brink of death before she discovered what it would take to save her life and her sanity. From first page to the last, Good Enough is a compelling narrative that will be greatly appreciated by all those who suffer from life-threatening eating disorders. -- Midwest Book Review, May 1998
Cynthia writes from a personal perspective about experiences in her childhood that contributed to the development of her eating disorder. Cynthia's story begins around the age of 10, prior to her eating disorder, and ends somewhere around the age of 37, when she is recovered. Yes, I did say recovered. In fact, the best part of this book is that, unlike many others, Cynthia weaves her therapy, both inpatient and outpatient, throughout her book, and the end result of that therapy is that she is happy, successful, and recovered. Cynthia's struggle with an eating disorder was neither simple nor mild. She suffered from a long, severe, protracted case of anorexia, binge/purge type, the one considered most difficult to treat and overcome. This story brings home loud and clear that no matter how horrible, how hopeless, or how recalcitrant a case may seem, people can overcome the most devastating and resistant eating disorder! This is an important, even critical, message. Cynthia Nappa Bitter makes us all think again. -- Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, Volume 6, Number 4, Winter 99. 1999
From the title to the last page, Cindy Nappa Bitter relates her experience with an eating disorder in a compelling and inspiring way. This is not a book about "how to" or about blaming. It is the story of her journey through more than a quarter of a century of life with an eating disorder. Told on two levels--the external appearance that she projected to the world, as well as her authentic internal experiences that fueled her disorder for so long--she clearly depicts the numerous paradoxes that she confronted and that impeded her recovery. With tremendous strength, resilience, courage and determination, she eventually came to believe that being "good enough" mean exactly what it says, that "giving up" the eating disorder didn't mean "giving in", and that "as long as you try, you are not a failure". Although Good Enough can be inspirational and educational for anyone interested in the experience of having an eating disorder, this book should be read by any person with an eating disorder who loses hope along the path of reclaiming health or who believes that it is "too late" to recover. -- Richard E. Kreipe, MD, Director, Adolescent Eating Disorder Program, University of Rochester Medical Center
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This is an inspiring memoir of the author's near-fatal battle with anorexia and bulimia, and how she was able to emerge victorious 25 years later. Her incredible, thought-provoking journey takes you far beyond the eating disorder symptoms and into the obsessive mindset in a way that only someone who has been there can. But the story doesn't end there; it continues straight down the road of recovery proving that victory is possible no matter how many years you have struggled.
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"...an incredible story! It was so engrossing that I couldn't put it down. [Good Enough] breaks through all the taboos on the subject that I can imagine without getting theoretical, self pitying, or dogmatic. [Good Enough] deserves a close reading by both the victims of eating disorders and anyone in a position to counsel, nurture, teach, mentor, or love these promising [people]. This story belongs in every middle, high school, and public library to bring hope to the sufferers and families of eating disorder victims. Anybody with $15.00 to spend on a book will be rewarded many times over their investment." -- Marne Rogers (parent), New York
Cynthia Nappa Bitter's quest for "a better me" is her ticket to a new adventure in Good Enough. Cindy climbs on the carousel of anorexia nervosa and bulimia when she's 14, never suspecting she'll spin there for more than two decades. Bitter glosses over her father's severe bouts with manic-depression while minimizing her mother's denial of the obvious. Neither the media nor society receive credit for fueling her quest for a skeletal shape or reinforcing this ideal once it's attained. The author's refusal to point the finger of blame away from herself illustrates the self-blaming nature of anorexia and bulimia. Chapter after chapter whirls through the binge/purge cycle year after year. As Cindy's despair mounts, so does reader-frustration until she vows to break the cycle. Deception, Cindy's ally through seizures, apparent heart attacks, and the loss of all her teeth, becomes the enemy. Bitter's message, that self-destructive behavior can be overcome, is as compelling as her honesty. -- From Independent Publisher
Cynthia [Nappa] Bitter's revealing biography is the intensely personal story of anorexia nervosa whose eating disorder began when she was fourteen. The obsessive mindset and the horrendous medical complications of bulimia and anorexia lead her to the brink of death before she discovered what it would take to save her life and her sanity. From first page to the last, Good Enough is a compelling narrative that will be greatly appreciated by all those who suffer from life-threatening eating disorders. -- Midwest Book Review, May 1998
Cynthia writes from a personal perspective about experiences in her childhood that contributed to the development of her eating disorder. Cynthia's story begins around the age of 10, prior to her eating disorder, and ends somewhere around the age of 37, when she is recovered. Yes, I did say recovered. In fact, the best part of this book is that, unlike many others, Cynthia weaves her therapy, both inpatient and outpatient, throughout her book, and the end result of that therapy is that she is happy, successful, and recovered. Cynthia's struggle with an eating disorder was neither simple nor mild. She suffered from a long, severe, protracted case of anorexia, binge/purge type, the one considered most difficult to treat and overcome. This story brings home loud and clear that no matter how horrible, how hopeless, or how recalcitrant a case may seem, people can overcome the most devastating and resistant eating disorder! This is an important, even critical, message. Cynthia Nappa Bitter makes us all think again. -- Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, Volume 6, Number 4, Winter 99. 1999
From the title to the last page, Cindy Nappa Bitter relates her experience with an eating disorder in a compelling and inspiring way. This is not a book about "how to" or about blaming. It is the story of her journey through more than a quarter of a century of life with an eating disorder. Told on two levels--the external appearance that she projected to the world, as well as her authentic internal experiences that fueled her disorder for so long--she clearly depicts the numerous paradoxes that she confronted and that impeded her recovery. With tremendous strength, resilience, courage and determination, she eventually came to believe that being "good enough" mean exactly what it says, that "giving up" the eating disorder didn't mean "giving in", and that "as long as you try, you are not a failure". Although Good Enough can be inspirational and educational for anyone interested in the experience of having an eating disorder, this book should be read by any person with an eating disorder who loses hope along the path of reclaiming health or who believes that it is "too late" to recover. -- Richard E. Kreipe, MD, Director, Adolescent Eating Disorder Program, University of Rochester Medical Center
Product Description
This is an inspiring memoir of the author's near-fatal battle with anorexia and bulimia, and how she was able to emerge victorious 25 years later. Her incredible, thought-provoking journey takes you far beyond the eating disorder symptoms and into the obsessive mindset in a way that only someone who has been there can. But the story doesn't end there; it continues straight down the road of recovery proving that victory is possible no matter how many years you have struggled.
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