Warning: this is not your typical eating disorder blog. I will not give you details about what it's like to be sick or how I got sick or how sick I was. I won't debate whether or not I am ready to give up the illness (although that is a crucial stage of recovery) because I HAVE give it up. This is about what it's like on the other side, once you've chosen life. A real life, full of the pain and sorrow we tried to avoid by having an eating disorder and also the joy and happiness we can finally feel once we give it up.