I wanted to thank all of you recovery warriors for being such a wonderful community, supportive of ViR and fellow recovery warriors. I am grateful to watch each of you fight, learn, grow, and share your journey. As I share these top 10 posts of 2011, please feel free to let me know what topics…
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Oh, God! Not another post on gratitude!
Two topics are certain to quickly end a discussion with many people in recovery: God and gratitude. Ironically, the only two things proven essential for long-term and enjoyable recovery are those very two subjects. If we can hardly talk about those two essentials for recovery continuance, then we are surely destined to again be clutched…
Cuties a Positive Advertising Campaign for Children
We often address ad campaigns that we hate, protest, think send dangerous messages, etc. I think it is also important to share the positive ones we come across. There has been a lot of news on how products are marketed especially to children. There are campaigns set up in many countries who demand junk food…
Addictive Personality and Maladaptive Eating Behaviors in Adults Seeking Bariatric Surgery
There was another new study analyzing the people who are seeking bariatric surgery and whether there are maladaptive or disordered eating behaviors. I continue to read these, and think “OK people - it is time to address this!” We need to have more screening for people who are seeking bariatric surgery to see if there are…
Binge Eating Affects People of ALL Sizes
Today there was an important study I saw in my daily research for eating disorder news and studies. Obesity is not a criterion for BED. In fact, BED is not uncommon in nonobese individuals. There are more similarities than differences between the nonobese and obese individuals with BED. The severity of the psychopathology does not…
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