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Index
Cover
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
A Note to the Reader
Introduction
PART I: MY BULIMIA AND RECOVERY
1 A Typical Day's Binge
2 A Typical Day of Purging
3 Choice and Consequences
4 Introduction to Therapy
5 My First Binge
6 Accepting Therapy
7 Topamax to the Rescue
8 Some Things Change, Some Remain the Same
9 A New Book and New Hope
10 My Two Brains
11 I Had Control All Along
12 Resisting the Urge
13 The End of My Bulimia
PART II: MY BULIMIA REDEFINED AND RECOVERY EXPLAINED
14 Investigating the True Story Behind My Bulimia and Recovery
15 Was I Really Recovered?
16 Why Did I Binge?
17 What Caused My First Urges to Binge?
18 Why Did I Diet and Why Was It Such a Problem for Me?
19 Why Did I Continue Having Urges to Binge?
Reason 1: Persistence of Survival Instincts
20 Why Did I Continue Having Urges to Binge?
Reason 2: Habit
21 Why Did I Follow My Urges to Binge?
22 Why Didn't Therapy Work for Me?
23 Revisiting Recovery: How Did I Do It?
24 Brain over Binge, Step 1: View Urges to Binge as Neurological Junk
25 Brain over Binge, Step 2: Separate the Highest Human Brain from Urges to Binge
26 Brain over Binge, Step 3: Stop Reacting to Urges to Binge
27 Brain over Binge, Step 4: Stop Acting on Urges to Binge
28 Brain over Binge, Step 5: Get Excited
29 Is Relapse a Possibility?
30 Where I Am Today
PART III: THERAPY CONCEPTS REEXAMINED
31 Normal Eating
32 Body Image, Weight, and Dieting
33 Low Self-Esteem
34 "Coping"
35 Triggers
36 Purging
37 Coexisting Problems
38 Medication
39 Prevention
40 Bridges to Traditional Therapy
41 Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Back Cover
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