Being in a community full of change talk

The absence of comparison in this circle is the reason I stayed. Everywhere else I found, people were measuring themselves against each other.

I keep in regular contact with my team and I tell them what I am reading and where. That transparency has kept me safe more than once.

What I would say is that a support community is not treatment. This is company alongside the people who actually know my history.

The hardest part for me has been other people's enthusiasm. Well-meant, and it lands somewhere I cannot always manage.

Well said, and thank you for taking the time over it.

What I appreciate is that this circle does not talk about food in the way the rest of the internet does. That is a deliberate choice and it works.

I would gently say to anybody here that if a conversation has started to feel like it is feeding something, that is worth saying out loud rather than managing alone.

Something I have had to be careful about is how much time I spend reading. There is a version of research that is not research and I know mine.

Coming back to say that I am doing well, that my team say the same, and that this circle has been part of how I got here without ever pretending to be more than it is.

Recovery-aware does not mean fragile, and I appreciated that being said plainly on the front of this circle before I ever posted in it.