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Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jenni Schaefer, Thom Rutledge
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 4179
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0071422986
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.85260092
UPC: 639785384779
EAN: 9780071422987
ASIN: 0071422986
Publication Date: December 26, 2003
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Product Description
A unique new approach to treating eating disorders Eight million women in the United States suffer from anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia. For these women, the road to recovery is a rocky one. Many succumb to their eating disorders. Life Without Ed offers hope to all those who suffer from these often deadly disorders. For years, author Jennifer Schaefer lived with both anorexia and bulimia. She credits her successful recovery to the technique she learned from her psychologist, Thom Rutledge. This groundbreaking book illustrates Rutledge's technique. As in the author's case, readers are encouraged to think of an eating disorder as if it were a distinct being with a personality of its own. Further, they are encouraged to treat the disorder as a relationship rather than as a condition. Schaefer named her eating disorder Ed; her recovery involved "breaking up" with Ed - Shares the points of view of both patient and therapist in this approach to treatment
- Helps people see the disease as a relationship from which they can distance themselves
- Techniques to defeat negative thoughts that plague eating disorder patients
Prescriptive, supportive, and inspirational, Life Without Ed shows readers how they too can overcome their eating disorders.
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 a MUST read for ED sufferers AND family. November 8, 2008
When my daughter was first diagnosed with anorexia, and before we had even worked out her treatment plan, I jumped online to find info...Life Without ED was the first book I found and ordered, and before I could even read one page, my daughter claimed it, read it, and to her, it was a god-send. Jenni is so real, honest and vulnerable as she shares about her battle with and victory over ED. My daughter felt like she was reading about her own life in many way..she finally knew she wasn't the only one! and it encouraged her that there is hope. Once she started treatment, it was the ONE book each of her treatment team wanted her to read...and she already had! For anyone living through this wicked disease, this book is required reading and will keep the hope alive. Also a must for supporters, family, friends of those suffering from ED.
change my life October 17, 2008
this book changed my life...its one of the greatest book, it help you realize that you are not alone and the "feeling" in each moment! i love it!!!!!"!
Great Book September 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this easy-to-read story of triumph!
I provide this book for all of my patients and their families to read at the outset of treatment with me to help them understand the mindset of someone struggling with the chains of ED!
Thank you Jenni for sharing your wonderful story!
"Life Saver" August 20, 2008
Thanks to this book I can finally say I'm on the recovery path. I have suffered from an eating disorder for eight years and never thought I would live a "Life Without Ed". When I purchased this book I thought it was going to be like all the others, useless in helping me to gain control over and move beyond my eating disorder. Boy was I wrong, it helped me to look at things in a new perspective and changed my way of thinking completely. By separating myself from my eating disorder I was finally able to disobey and fight back. For me, knowing "Jenny" was just a page away helped me to do what was necessary in recovery. I am and forever will be grateful to what this book has given back to me. I highly recmommend this book to anyone as a tool to "Divorce Ed" and get back what they rightfully deserve a "Life Without Ed".
Sandy Peterson
 Helpful, but a Bit Too Simple July 31, 2008
Make no mistake, "Life Without Ed" is most certainly a useful and worthy read for those with eating disorders, however, this book is better suited for those who have already began the recovery process. I say this because it makes recovery appear to be a lot quicker and more simplistic than it truly is. Those who are currently seeing a therapist for their eating disorder will be able to implement the tools provided in this book into their current program. In this book the eating disorder is personified as a man named ED ("E"ating "D"isorder). This technique makes it much easier to understand how the eating disorder works and why it is so powerful. Also provided are exercises that can be quite useful during the recovery process for both therapist and patient.
For those who have not yet begun treatment or those who are simply interested in the topic of eating disorders, this serves as a slightly sugar-coated account of recovery. While Jenni's story is an inspiring one, the book moves a bit quickly between topics and is a bit nonchalant at times. She shares witty anecdotes and reflects on different lessons that have been learned, but I don't believe she effectively captures just how painful and difficult this process can be. I definitely recommend reading this book--it is a useful ally in the recovery process--but perhaps more of a memoir than a self-help book.
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