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Plant a flower to say that you are fighting. A flower grows, and grows more and more beautiful each day, as will you as you leave the eating disorder further behind. If you would like to add yourself to this page, email me telling me which flower you would like, your name and age, and a quote or a sentence or two about recovery to you.
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Sarah Cotterill, 21
Recovery to me is starting again and discovering who I have covered up for all these years. It is learning to accept that I am both good and bad and learning to both love and trust myself. Needing to be loved is a normal human desire and I need to accept that that isn't a bad thing and find healthy ways of asking for that attention. The strength to conquer this is inside ME - nobody else and I want to find it and nurture it for the rest of my life.
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Cait Fox, 17
Recovery to me is the beginning of living instead of just existing. Beginning to accept myself for who I am- accept that I am loved and cared about. Learning to use my voice to convey my pain instead of my body, and finding the strength to keep fighting this monster that has taken enough of my life away already. Even though I know I may slip and fall "failing isn't the falling down, it's the staying down" and I intend to keep on getting back up again.
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Jo, 17
"I never promised you it would be easy. But I can promise you it is worth it!"
I am currently going through the process of recovery...I've had some knock backs and some falls, but I've got back up again and that's what's important. Since I set out for recovery, emotionally, I've become so much stronger.. and things don't seem so bad anymore...I've finally woken up to the fact that not only is life worth living, but it is worth living well. I too deserve to be happy and healthy.
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Christy, 18
I too, am struggling to overcome an eating disorder that has controlled my life for far to many years. I know that as each new day arrives I must learn to accept that I will fail, but that I must continue to struggle through in order to become happy and healthy. Please could you add me to your wall because I have been sick with anorexia/bulimia for 4 years and only recently have I begun the healing process knowing that I too will survive.
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Edwina, 21
I have hidden away behind this mask for far too long. Now it is gradually falling away and I am slowly learning to live without it.
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Lauren, 16
I've surrendered too many years of my life to my bulimia. I'm ready to break free from the chains that hold me to hell. Recovery isn't easy, but it's got to be better than living my life with my head in a toilet.
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Laura, 20
I keep becoming determined to get well, and I gain a little and fall again. I have done this quite frequently, but now I think I might be able to fight the battle a little better than last time. I am not as afraid of food as I used to be. Each time I get right back up to try harder, I feel a little bit better, and know that is the way I want to feel all the time.
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