This is a safe place for those who really, really, REALLY want to succeed in a LFRV lifestyle but the journey is just a little harder for us. We want to get there…we need to get there…and we WILL get there! Through support and encouragement and empathy, we can come here and share our struggles, scrutinize why we sometimes fall, get what we need to pick ourselves back up again, and have a cheerleading section who has our back every step of the way.
No one here is giving up! We know and understand and believe on every level that this is the path we need to be on to get the results we're after. But personal demons challenge us and we can't always see past the illusion. If we end up making poor choices, this is where we come to confess, analyze and get the motivation through the help of others to dust ourselves off and commit again, a little stronger each time.
Some of us are here with valid overeater/binge demons. Others of us have other types of mental/emotional disadvantages. For anyone here, there is a struggle involved.
What's amazing about the folks in this group is that we really believe in this path and are determined to get there. We haven't given up, we're not quitting! We just really need this support group and each other.
Because this is a safe haven for "struggling with the struggle," we want group members to feel safe. Please keep comments inspirational and kind. The LFRV community really needs the voice of those who made it despite the odds!
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Pretty shallow, Jay, no matter how many times I read it.
Good luck looking in OA for a spiritual partner! I've never met anyone but control frieks in OA, myself. Maybe I'm going to the wrong meetings!
What I try to do is work out my own program. Write my own Big Book. Design my own recovery.
Sometimes Reality is not "gentle and therapeutic." Sometimes it is "life and death"! Sometimes it is "do or die." Haven't you every experienced that?
I think it takes more than just supplying the body with proper nutrition. I think the problem is mental, physical and spiritual. I think diet, exercise, sleep, and social support are all necessary to achieve this peace of mind you speak about, Jay. In fact, I believe that we must also pursue Truth, obey the laws and be in touch with Reality. We must have a Higher Power.
It's more than nutrition, ole buddy.
Hello
I am still finding it really hard to transition from bulimia to HCRV, any advice that is gentler and more therapeutic?
Anything appreciated!!
:)
I have had my first Food Addicts meeting today and got a sponsor who is vegan SOS fee but not raw. Still she is amazing. I would like to know if there are actual meetings by group Skype you can attend from this group here?
And are the 12 steps you go trough here or are they same as to FA and OA?
I wanna continue my abstinence and stay raw 811 as I know this is the lifestyle I thrive on. Although I'm still scared.
I'm so happy this group exists. That and seeing others succeed gives me hope.
Xxx
Definitly related. This video might be of some help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBQaoxGi2VA&list=PL221E843A5C670B07
But I am not sure how much 80 10 10 or natural hygiene can actually help with trauma work or better how deep it can go. Still working on that one. But there are a lot of things that can be done additionally like EMDR, Holotropic Breathwork, Peakstates, ... you could look into. Seeing your husband die, working a strenuous job, ... dealing with all that alone is a lot, but there is also a lot that can be done to break a vicious circle and turn it into a virtuous circle. Glad to read you are making progress :)
Wanted to write sooner but my life is more or less a permanent spiritual emergence, so stuff like this can take a while
Happy note... losing weight... doing 100 squats a day w/ my daughter... paying off my debt... adding more fruit... decluttering my mind and body.... Does anyone else believe that it's all related? --- clutter of the mind leads to clutter of the body or home--maybe it's the other way around- a vicious cycle
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