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Two weeks, no purging. All the other stuff is still happening, but not the purging.
It will be nice when I get better at defusing urges, and when I stop living life at level 11 hair-on-fire.
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What's helped me is to realize that I've only got to make it through the next 24 hours - or less - and to remember to breathe. Times change and I can, too. Talking to someone who's been there also helps and that's exactly what you did. Good going! 
And, if anything, that's a distraction. One saying that helped me when I was struggling was "Move a muscle, change a thought." It didn't matter what or how simple it was, that was a distraction. And it gave me more time.
that thought..
Often when I drive to a meeting or to the store..I see the stupidest things that other drivers do. You name em
I have seen them.
All I can do is control me, and what I do and avoid the nutcakes..........and guess what.??????
We now have a sane person as President of the U.S. ..
Often when I drive to a meeting or to the store..I see the stupidest things that other drivers do. You name em
I have seen them.
All I can do is control me, and what I do and avoid the nutcakes..........and guess what.??????
We now have a sane person as President of the U.S. ..