We are so glad that you reached out.

In this technology age, where over one million apps are available for sale, how refreshing it is to see a Smartphone app that specifically targets eating disorder recovery. This app is called Recovery Record. Recovery Record launched one year ago, and in this one-year an estimated 60,000 individuals with eating disorders and 2,000 professionals have signed up. I am using Recovery Record in both my work with patients at Walden as well as in my private practice.

After going out to lunch on that first day in residential treatment, we were told to bring paper and a pen to our support group meeting. We were instructed to write a letter to our­selves about the positive aspects of recovery, where we were at that moment, and what we wanted. We were to put it in a self-addressed envelope and seal it up. The interesting part about this exercise was that the staff intended to mail our letters back to us six months later. I thought that was a cool twist.

I was told early on that recovery is not a straight line, that it has ups and downs. Until I lived it, though, I did not realize how true that statement really was. You have to fall down in order to learn how to get back up.