10/09/2026
Here’s the thing
Recovery doesn’t take one step, one cake or one scary meal.
Imagine 2 paths, one is gloriously lit up, clear and even has daisies down it. It’s comfortable underfoot and takes you straight to the safety of home.
Path 2 is hard. It’s overgrown and dark, you don’t know where it will lead or who will be there along the way.
Eating disorder recovery means you have to walk the second path- the scary path, the unknown, the uncomfortable and sometimes the lonely.
Until… you’ve walked the path so many times it starts to clear. And people join you, lights come on and you can see the safety of recovery.
But
One cake won’t do it
A healthy BMI won’t do it
Cumulative recovery: where to take consistent, repeated and uncomfortable steps at EVERY single meal is the ONLY way you will recover. I will recover.
Choosing that difficult path in the moment feels impossible and the comfort that an eating disorder brings can seem so tempting but it just prolongs the journey to freedom.
Small actions down the “wrong” path.
Choosing the discomfort
Choosing recovery.
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