TeenHelp - My Testimony of Recovery from Bulimia (Christian)

Hi folks,

I guess I have enough posts now that I can link to my testimony - rather than copying and pasting it all here, here is the link to where it appears on my blog: [Edited by Jen: blog may be triggering to users; feel free to PM Marie if you want the link, with the knowledge that it may be triggering]

To make a long story short, I fell into anorexic and then bulimic patterns my sophomore year of high school, although the roots went back much further than that. I was a little bit chubby as a kid and my mother always was trying to put me on a diet (when that didn't work, she'd put me down and demean me in front of relatives and others). I almost died my freshman year of college, but I was able to put on enough weight to keep myself out of the hospital and pretty much hide the binge/purging.

Early in my sophomore year of college, someone shared the Gospel with me and I joined Campus Crusade for Christ. I believed I was saved and I probably was, but I just could not surrender this huge, ugly secret to God and turn away from it (deep down I didn't really believe it was possible). It was possible, but it took me another 14 years to become desperate enough to really let God free me.

That was 6 years ago. I've never had a relapse, and I write as much as I can to help other women struggling with the same thing.

Hope someone finds some encouragement from my story. Have a good week, all!