by Lisa Ortigara Crego | Oct 28, 2012 | anxiety, bipolar, eating disorder recovery, eating frenzy, food and depression, Food Junkie, ideal weight, mood swing, sugar high, withdrawal
I remember when my youngest son Benjamin, at eight years old, blurted out, “I think you’re bipolar Mom!” after witnessing my mood swing from ecstatic to torment following a whirlwind eating frenzy. I used to binge daily on cakes, cookies, ice-cream, and baked potato...
by Lisa Ortigara Crego | Apr 12, 2012 | Chocolate Bunny, Divine Source, eating disorder recovery, hypnosis and addiction recovery, psychotherapy and spiritual recovery from food addiction, Release the obsession with food
On April 11, in 1998, Holy Saturday the eve before Easter, my Mom had a massive stroke. My life has never been the same. She lived on four more years paralyzed until she passed away on February 7, 2002. Time does go on, I’ve learned. This past Sunday Easter morning I...