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Real Recovery: What Eating Disorder Recovery Actually Looks Like

by Grace McCready

A personal account of anorexia and recovery

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A personal account of anorexia and recovery

Grace McCready recounts how attempts to lose weight developed into anorexia, and how family support, medical and counseling care, and faith became part of her recovery. The book also addresses the longer process that followed, including struggles across physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Its emphasis is on recovery as a gradual experience, with attention to small steps and realistic expectations rather than a simple endpoint. Faith is an explicit part of McCready’s account, alongside the roles of family and health professionals.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults seeking a personal account of anorexia and recovery.
  • Readers interested in the role of faith, family, and professional support in recovery.
  • Young women looking for discussion of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of eating disorder recovery.

Themes

Anorexia and body imageRecovery as a longer processFamily and professional supportFaith and spiritual health

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Book overview

Grace McCready was a thin, beautiful girl; but when she looked in the mirror, all she saw was fat and ugly. What started out as her trying to lose a little weight by slowly changing her diet led to her telling endless lies, starving herself, and exercising herself nearly to death. As Grace developed a relationship with Ed (her eating disorder), she kept believing lies about who she was instead of believing the truth about who God created her to be. When her family finally realized the health crisis she was in, Grace was already so involved in her new lifestyle that she didn't want to give it up. But with the support help of her family, doctors, counselors, and God, Grace discovered what real recovery looks like.

 

If you're ready to discover what real recovery looks like, then this book is for you. By sharing personal experiences from her battle with anorexia and her much longer recovery process that followed, Grace helps readers see the reality of eating disorders and recovery. She discusses the truths she needed to hear during her recovery from anorexia, and she candidly shares her past and current struggles with her physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health related to her eating disorder. Her desire is for young women to have realistic, while still hopeful, expectations for their eating disorder recovery and for them to know that every small step they take in the right direction-whether in their physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual recovery-is always worth it.

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