This is a post about my relationship with food. So, trigger warning for content about diets, body image, and eating disorders, etc. I think I was put on my first diet around age.. oh, I don't know, 11 or so? It's hard to tell. My mother, being concerned about her own weight and the way … Continue reading The Body Obsessive
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Day 166 Alcohol Free: Jumping off the Sugar Ship
Today is day 166 of sobriety. Earlier this afternoon, a colleague walked into my office, looked me in the eye, and said, “Old Fashioned?” And I shit you not, I had no idea what he was asking me. Old fashioned what, I thought. My clothes? My hair? The oppressive and restrictive rules of our patriarchal … Continue reading Day 166 Alcohol Free: Jumping off the Sugar Ship