When you are struggling with an eating disorder or substance use disorder, it is easy to feel like change is out of reach. Eating disorders and substance use create a cycle of habits that are often hard to break, which causes people to feel like they can’t move on from past experiences and actions.By taking a chance, putting forth the effort, and maintaining
Even though these habits and cycles feel overwhelming, they aren’t your identity, and they can be changed. Through willingness to take a chance and put forth the effort and a persevering attitude, you can make a difference in your life. With hope for your future, you can cause real change, and Focus can help.
During Recovery Month, it’s important to remember that recovery is possible. Thousands of individuals take the first step each day, and you can too.
Past Actions Don’t Define You
One difficulty of eating disorder and substance use recovery is feeling like your past actions define you. Eating disorders and substance use impact many parts of your life, which can feel overwhelming to your sense of worth and individuality. For many, it feels like there is no way to change these actions or separate them from theirwhether you’ve been struggling for months or years, your past with eating disorders or substance identity.
But whetheryou’ve been struggling for months or years, your past with eating disorders orsubstance use is not your sole identity. Your identity is not based solely on your past struggles or actions.
With hope, help, and effort, you can become better than your past and let your present and future actions shape your identity.
Change is Posible
Oftentimes, eating disorders and substance use are long-lasting problems, which create a cycle, eating disorders and substance use are long-lasting issues, which create acycle of use that you feel stuck in. Because you’ve struggled for so long, it feels like you can’t change or do anything else. This cycle is discouraging and can cause many to lose hope for their futures.
However, many people have overcome these challenges and created real change in their lives, and so can you. Through active effort and belief in yourself, you can recover and have a better quality of life. You must be hopeful and be willing to persevere, but ultimately, change is possible.
Making the Effort
With almost anything in life, it is hard to accomplish much without effort. This is especially true when overcoming eating disorders and substance use. One of the most critical aspects of recovery is willingness and effort. If you can make the effort to heal and not give up, change is possible.
Recovering from these struggles is an immense challenge, as it can affect you physically, emotionally, and mentally. However, taking the first step towards recovery can be unco. The hard work and effort you put into life are what make it worthwhilemfortable, challenging, and messy. Nevertheless, the hard work and effort you put into seeking help make healing possible. The healing process canbe uncomfortable, complicated, and messy, but the hard work and effort you putinto recovery will ultimately pay off. You can live a better, healthier, more fulfilling life, but it can be uncomfortable, complicated, and messy, but the hard work and effort you put into life.
It’s hard to believe change is achievable. But in the end, the decisions you make now will impact the rest of your life. Your past does not have to define you or determine your present or future actions. If you are willing to seek support and community, change and recovery are possible.
The journey to recovery may feel long and discouraging, but the choice is worth it. Through hope, belief in change, and choosing a new direction, you can heal mentally, physically, and emotionally.
This Recovery Month, take the opportunity to believe in your future and begin the path to healing.
If you or someone you love is struggling with an eating disorder or substance use, FocusTreatment Centers is here to help. Contact us today at 423-308-2560 to take the first step toward recovery and a brighter future.
