There is an answer to the emotional, physical and spiritual horrors of food addiction. The Hungry Ghost is based on Gay Norton Edelman's own personal victory over food addiction and obesity. Combining her training as a journalist focusing on psychological and spiritual problems, and her years of mentoring food addicts and compulsive overeaters, Gay spells out the solutions to eating insanity in clear, warm, realistic, no-holds-barred terms. Included: Her 5 step Feed-the-Hunger Plan. It works if you work it

"Interpersonal" follows twenty year old Erin after her stays in the Intensive Outpatient Program for Eating Disorders at Stafford Hospital. As she tries to navigate through life without acting on eating disordered behaviors, readers are shown what's most important in treatment: relationships between patient and professional. While expressing her emotions and fears, her treatment team explains things from their points of view. Just when Erin becomes more comfortable in sharing her thoughts, an unexpected change occurs, with the potential to derail her track in recovery.

What you will learn in this book...how this book can help you and why: Food addiction is something that many individuals are fighting to get over. This book will help those who are struggling with this condition, to learn how to conquer it. Those who may not be dealing with food addiction will be able to learn what it is and what the signs and symptoms are. They can also learn what the negative effects of food addiction are, and how the condition can be treated.

This book provides a fascinating, detailed account of the family background and social context in which the writer's eating disorder developed and manifested. However, this book covers much more than an account of the sufferer's lengthy struggle with anorexia nervosa and its many effects. The book is about the author's lifelong work to recover, and to understand the illness from a psychological and spiritual perspective. It also includes broader discussion of related social and ecological matters.

Compulsive overeating and bulimia disorders, affects an estimated 30 percent of the population in the UK. As well as obesity, common results include shame, guilt and social distress, while physical complications include the risk of fatigue, high blood pressure, diabetes and some cancers as well as a host of unpleasant symptoms.. A psychological approach to overeating can be an effective form of treatment. But in this practical book, Ruth Searle also examines the physical and physiological causes of the disorder which are often overlooked. The topics covered include: Understanding how the modern diet contributes to food addiction The motivations for eating and drinking Why a natural diet is best Why diets don't work Finding your triggers for overeating Taking control again Coping with eating and social situations Your lifetime plan for keeping your weight under control Breaking Free of Compulsive Overeating and Bulimia shows that there are simple, effective and enjoyable ways of overcoming compulsive eating and bulimia. Ruth Searle explores how sufferers can free themselves from addictive cravings, discover their social and psychological triggers and, instead of dieting, establish a lifetime plan of healthy eating and sensible exercise."

The Appetite Connection is an easy-to-read book that will gently, firmly and non-judgmentally guide readers through a six step process to stop overeating permanently. "I want each reader to embrace their personal journey as they create their own delicious life of peace, balance, joy, radiant health and craft the body they long for "

'I can tell you exactly the day it all went wrong - the day my mum attacked my dad with a kitchen knife. In those few, short seconds, a black hole opened up in my life and I fell right in.' Tina McGuff's life was perfect - or so she thought. Living in Dundee with her devoted parents and three younger sisters, she was a happy, healthy and confident thirteen-year-old. But all that changed in one horrifying act of revenge and Tina's world collapsed overnight. Terrified, lost and confused, she turned to the one thing she thought she could control - food. And so began the biggest fight of her life. Tina's life-or-death struggle with anorexia is told with devastating honesty in this extraordinary account of a girl at war with herself. Through her years in and out of psychiatric wards, Tina takes us to some of the darkest places of the mind. But in the end her courage, conviction and sheer determination win out. It took Tina seconds to snap and a lifetime to recover - but today, as a passionate campaigner for mental health, she is living proof that there is always a reason to hope that one day, things will get better.