What bulimia taught me about addiction

Both are caused by unaddressed pain on the inside.

You can’t stop eating and you use food as a coping mechanism.

You purge from the guilt but also because it numbs you further.

I used to combine bulimia with pills and alcohol to numb out as much as I could.

You need to repair the relationship you have with yourself, food, life. 
I needed to allow myself to feel
.

I needed to defrost and spend time with myself in that space of allowing emotions.

Then I was able to take it off the mat so to speak, become aware of some pain points and triggers I had
.

Walking around like there’s open wounds in a room filled with salt.

Notice how you are when you think about it
.

What is your identity with it?

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