Road to Recovery

The Road to Recovery

Websites are often useful for gaining first-step information

b-eat: www.b-eat.com [formerly The Eating Disorders Association]

NHS Direct: www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

www.eating-disorders.org.uk

www.anred.com

www.something-fishy.org

www.swedauk.org

Confidential helplines are often useful as a first step. They provide someone to talk to, in confidence, who is there to listen and give support. They can also help you seek out local services, such as self-help groups.

EDA Helpline: 0845 634 1414. Weekdays, 8.30am-8.30pm,  Sat 1pm-4.30pm

Overeaters Anonymous: 07000 784 985. 

Anorexics Anonymous: 0181 748 3994.

Further reading:

- Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide For Sufferers and Their Families, by R. L. Palmer

- Breaking Free from Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for Families, Friends and Sufferers, by Janet Treasure

- Eating Your Heart Out: Understanding and Overcoming Eating Disorders, by Julia Buckroyd

- Fed Up and Hungry: Women, Oppression and Food, by Susie Orbach and Marilyn Lawrence

- Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e): A Survival Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders, by Ulrike Schmidt, Janet and Thomas Treasure

- Overcoming Binge Eating, by Christopher Fairburn