Reply #88: As a person in recovery myself..

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I don't "blame" anyone for my years of drinking and drugging, but in my journey to self awareness I have learned how I got where I got, and how my environment shaped me and continues to have effects on my perceptions of myself and others. I think a lot of women drink and do drugs to avoid eating, or at least see it as an added benefit. Self-image and low self-esteem go hand in hand with all kinds of 'isms'. When I got sober I went right from drugs and alcohol to binging and purging, and cutting. I don't need drugs and alcohol to live, but I do need food. I hope you're not as judgmental when you hear someones 4th step.