tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751275804441137333.post2966357901987512795..comments2022-11-20T06:05:52.483-08:00Comments on The Blog About the Body: Throwing Yourself Down the StairsAutumn Whitefield-Madranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751275804441137333.post-51016155571301497192009-12-29T13:30:28.333-08:002009-12-29T13:30:28.333-08:00Hi Kathy--Thank you. I do still go to a group; it&...Hi Kathy--Thank you. I do still go to a group; it's through the Renfrew Center, which is where I was treated. They're nationwide, but there isn't one in Morgantown, unfortunately. <br /><br />I went to Overeaters Anonymous for a while too, and I'm sure that there are meetings in your area. I didn't find it helpful when I went--but I think I would now, and I intend on returning to OA after my insurance stops covering the groups at Renfrew (they're therapist-led groups--OA is free). I totally hear you about the whole 12-step "powerlessness" bit. We CAN'T be powerless over food; we have to feed ourselves, you know? But I did have to acknowledge that I was powerless to help myself, because I just didn't have the tools. How many times did I wake up and say I was going to eat right that day? How many times did I break that? I had to get help to make me see that I was powerless to just will myself to stop--it doesn't work that way. Maybe you can think of it in that way? Not that you're powerless over food, but that you're powerless in that you can't just simply "make" yourself stop? I think OA can be really helpful and I know several people who have recovered through OA alone.Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751275804441137333.post-15665518463695275692009-12-29T09:58:00.146-08:002009-12-29T09:58:00.146-08:00Great post. Do you still go to a group? What is it...Great post. Do you still go to a group? What is it, if you don't mind my asking?kathyj333https://www.blogger.com/profile/15110175842037413974noreply@blogger.com