Product Description
“Having read many books on eating disorders, I am always inspired by ones that are written from a personal perspective. Learning To Be Me is so honest and bravely written. It offers readers immense hope, and I am already recommending it to some of my clients.” —Andrea Wachter, coauthor of The Don’t Diet, Live-It! Workbook Many women in the United States who suffer from eating disorders die from the diseases annually. Learning To Be Me: My Twenty-Three-Year Battle with Bulimia is one woman’s courageous battle to not become a statistic. From violent self-abuse to feelings of despair as her cries for help went unanswered, author Jocelyn Golden’s Learning To Be Me chronicles her battle and ultimate victory over one of the most silent, misunderstood, and deadly eating disorders in America. With candor and wit, Golden recounts the miserable realities of living with bulimia for more than two decades and paints a vivid self-portrait of a woman obsessed with being thin. An inspirational memoir about the search for strength, motivation, and support, Learning To Be Me illustrates the importance of self-love on the journey to healing.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 22 reviews)

Poorly Written by jennigirl

3 Stars
November 19, 2009
This book is honest but poorly written. The author details her childhood and battle with bulimia, but fails to provide much information about her recovery. The book is not well-written, as some people have suggested. It is obvious the author isn't really a writer. Beyond that, I was able to identify with her struggle, as I have struggled with bulimia for twenty years. After reading the book, I had the impression that the author wanted a pity party rather than to inspire others or help them overcome bulimia. If you or someone you love is bulimic, you may want to look elsewhere for a better book to help you through the recovery process.

Excellent Resource by Victor D. Russell

5 Stars
September 15, 2009
This book provides excellent insight into the psychological and emotional issues that drive anyone with an eating disorder. As the book eludes to, this disease is really not about food but rather the emotional and psychological issues the sufferer can't effectively cope with. If you wish to have a deeper understanding of the root of this disease I feel this book will help you greatly. As stated by earlier reviewers, this is not a self help or book about treatment. Treatment is covered albeit briefly at the end. Understanding the underlying causes of this disease provides one with a much better chance of a succesful outcome. This should be recommended reading for anyone dealing with or treating an eating disorder sufferer.

An insightful and honest look into life with an eating disorder by Lindsay (CA)

5 Stars
December 13, 2008
This book is probably my favorite eating disorder memoir I've read (and I've read quite a few). I really felt like this book was written from a place of recovery. Instead of getting the sense of "look how sick I was!" (as I have gotten from many other memoirs), Golden seemed to genuinely want to help others recover. She even includes a list of alternatives to binging near the end of the book. I very impressed with the insight she she had gained from her hard work in therapy, and from the very beginning of the book, she intertwines her retrospective understanding of why she needed to engage in those behaviors with how she felt at the time. And her honesty and openness is amazing! I would recommend this book to both those struggling with and those in recovery from bulimia, as well as their friends and family.

Inspiring story. by Jillian (Florida)

5 Stars
November 30, 2008
For those of us ladies who have any sort of eating issue, from selective eating, to full out disorders... this is a great story and would inspire anybody who would read it with an open heart and mind.

Intimate insight into a real-life experience. A touching read! by Zaha (Australia)

4 Stars
June 19, 2008
Unlike other self-help eating disorder books, this book is an incredibly honest insight, sparing no details on the reality of bulimia. It provides an intimate understanding behind the emotional mental and physical causes of this powerful mind disease. A must read for any young woman, mother or sister!

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