Research suggests that up to 50% of patients with an eating disorder will abuse alcohol or an illicit substance, compared with 9% of the population. We really don’t talk about this enough… until today.
We’ve got three courageous women joining us today for a conversation about how their disordered eating habits have tied into their addiction – and recovery – from alcohol. The two are closely intertwined, and if you’re struggling with both, it helps so much to understand how one affects the other. Each of these women has fought her unique battle courageously, and has gained wisdom and compassion to share with the rest of the world.
Join us for this honest, very real conversation about navigating an eating disorder alongside alcohol use disorder.
“It’s honestly harder to talk about the eating disorder than it is to talk about the alcohol.”
Key Topics in This Episode:
- How food keeps you silent
- Eating disorders and alcohol abuse are both related to trauma and stress
- Overcoming shame as a key component in the recovery of each
- Eating disorders as a way to deal with difficult emotions, when you don’t have the right tools
- Fitting in, trying to be attractive, and it’s impact on your relationship with food
- Alcohol urges and cravings are similar to the binge/purge urges
- When you body is off balance – learning to recognize hunger cues and feeling full
- Overexercise as a symtpom of addictive behavior
- Learning how to feel
- Body scanning and body mapping as tools for recovery
- Learning to catch emotions before they become unhealthy
- How dopamine fits into the picture
Meet Our Guests:
Karin Clark, MA, CADCII, is a counselor, instructor/workshop leader and group facilitator with
over 35 years of experience working with people experiencing addictive patterns, substance use
disorders and healing from wounding generational family patterns of addiction and
dysfunction. She is passionate about the power of the human heart and psyche to heal and
forge new neuro and life pathways that are transformative of mind/body and spirit.
You can find Karin on fb at Karin Clark Communications (Healing external and internal
communication) https://www.facebook.com/KarinClarkCommunications
And on www.karineclark.com
You can also reach out by email to: Info@karineclark.com or phone: 608.215.7755
Antje first discovered drinking as a way to “fix” her eating disorder. She thought that drinking was more acceptable than binging and purging all of her meals. When drinking grew more and more out of control, she reluctantly considered sobriety in January of 2022. Soon after she found connection and support in an online sober community. She is so glad that she took that first, scary step and gave sobriety a chance.
Brittany Storti, 32, is from South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Brittany battled addiction since she was 8 years old and has been blessed to come out the other side into a beautiful recovery. Her sobriety date is January 29, 2017 and her eating disorder abstinence date is August 9, 2022. Brittany is an addiction recovery counselor for American Addiction Centers. In her spare time, Brittany enjoys spending time with her two furbabies and performing as a stand-up comedian. In the depths of addiction, Brittany had a death wish. Today, she is grateful to know she has a life wish and will be spending the rest of her life LIVING.
Join the conversation:
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