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Food: The Good Girl’s Drug by Sunny Sea Gold
5 out of 5 stars. I read a few years ago, and I ate it up. No pun intended. It spoke to me. Rereading it gave me just as much insight as the first time. Gold lets her readers know they are not alone. She promotes healing, acceptance, and awareness of all eating disorders.
The book breaks down well. Gold splits her book into understanding the disorder, how to heal, and how to live life after the eating disorder. What helped me a lot was how the mental disorder happens and why it happens. Food: The Good Girl’s Drug talks about the root of eating disorders like your genes and your family’s traditions. It talked about what different triggers looked like and how to combat them. I could examine the root cause of my eating disorder and work from there.
Gold includes statistics and anecdotal evidence. The gravity of the situation is clear from the numbers. After figuring out why I binged, it also helped that the stats confirmed it was normal (though it shouldn’t be) what happened to me. Reading about other people’s binges was bittersweet because I have been there, and I can relate. But I don’t want anyone else to go through that.
I like the interactive parts of Food: The Good Girl’s Drug. There are questions and exercises throughout to help you think about all aspects of an eating disorder. One of the essential tasks was…
