This is the last installment of our series on how the Twelve Steps of Recovery for Alcoholics Anonymous can be used by those suffering from anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and/or EDNOS.
We’ve already examined Steps 1 and 8. Now, we’ll be looking at Step 12:
• Step 12 – Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Again, we’ll replace the word “alcoholics” with the phrase “persons with eating disorders”.
Personally, I feel that I’m doing this Step almost daily by:
1. Writing this …read more

This is the second installment of how the Twelve Steps of Recovery used by Alcoholics Anonymous can relate to those with eating disorders. We already looked at Step 1; now, we’ll be considering Step 8:
• Step 8 – Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all
I have to admit that I’ve never written out all the persons who were harmed by my eating disorder. If I did, I’m sure I’d be shocked.
I suppose I should start with myself, to be perfectly honest. Then, I’d move on to my immediate …read more

Alcoholics Anonymous offers men and women Twelve Steps of Recovery.
Today, some of my fellow b5 bloggers and I will be talking about how the twelve steps can be relevant to our particular readers.
As far as eating disorders go, it’s not difficult to substitute “alcohol” with “an eating disorder” in the steps. The first I’d like to tackle is Step 1:
• Step 1 – We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable
If we say “powerless over our EDs”, the sentence still makes perfect sense. After all, an anorexic, bulimic or binge eater does tend …read more