"Soon, when all is well, you're going to look back on this period of your life and be so glad that you never gave up."
- Brittany Burgunder
"Hold yourself back, or heal yourself back together. You decide."
"Recovery is hard. Regret is harder."
"Whatever you did today is enough. Whatever you felt today is valid. Whatever you thought today isn't to be judged. Repeat the above each day."
"Sometimes we take leaps of faith, and sometimes we take tiny steps. Even the tiniest step can require a lot of courage. Like climbing out of denial and admitting my real need for help. Like trusting s..."
- Shannon Kopp
"Because the truth is, while bulimia is a devastating illness I would wish upon no one, it has taught me about the fragility of life and the vital need for compassion. Today, I’m quick to love and thro..."
"So many nights, I stared out at the inky black ocean, believing that if I could only learn how to eat again and keep my hands out of my throat, that would be enough. I prayed hard and desperately to G..."
"When I was around Sunny, there was no time to dream about some easier, prettier, more comprehensible, less fucked-up existence. Now was all we had: Sunny lifting her eyes to meet mine. Cupping water i..."
"My only choice was to fight my way out, even if I didn't think I would make it."
- Laurie Halse Anderson
"Eating disorder recovery becomes possible when you keep making the next right decision over and over. With time, these decisions become automatic."