"Maybe" Recovery

[god_luvs_us]

 
I was on the pro ana website today and here is the biggest problem that I have: of all the advice and “tips” the members there give each other, no one ever suggests RECOVERY!  Even the members who have been in recovery.

One user wrote this:

In the time i've been a member here people have...
-stopped me from sticking a razorblade into myself
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Comments

[stripeysweater]

I think people seek out those groups precisely because they don't want to hear people tell them about recovery. It's a message many of them really need to hear, but they don't want to hear it. So people trying to help will focus smaller, more immediate stuff to help the person along until they are ready to hear the recovery message.

[god_luvs_us]

Yea, maybe....but

[stripeysweater]

No, I don't have an ED

[god_luvs_us]

I guess you're right. What other pro recovery sites are there?

[chicagorda13]

recovery is a long hard road.. trust me I've been through it NUMEROUS times. MANY people in my communities have encouraged recovery to me. But they are definitely right when they say you can't do it unless you are ready to. I've been ready to before, but each time it comes back.. harder and stronger..and worse than before. Even if I didn't have a pro ana community to go into I'd still be doing the same things. It would be good to have better geared sites, but honestly.. I don't think most of the girls.. and the occasional guy I suppose.. would choose to join those communities other than the ones they have now.. but I'm glad I stumbled upon this community today. :) I liked reading the different viewpoints