Drug Addiction or Eating Disorder: Which Came First?
March 12th, 2009
When a person enters drug rehab or an treatment facility and is diagnosed with a drug and eating disorder, the question arises which developed first and how do you treat two s?
First, let us define an eating disorder as the quality of ones thinking as it relates to food and weight and not how much someone weighs. Then, we may take a look at various behaviors and address other criteria. In most cases, ones thinking regarding food and weight became distorted way before they ever began using drugs or alcohol. It is not uncommon that after a period of time of trying to achieve certain determined goals through binging, purging or restricting and not achieving those goals, that the person would turn to drugs as a means to accelerate the process or deal with the emotional whirlwind of depression, shame or hatred. At this point we have an eating disorder and drug going full throttle in an attempt to by the person to gain control. It rarely happens and is described as the great illusion by most treatment professionals. Read the rest of this entry »
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