If you restrict, binge, purge, excessively diet or weigh yourself, exercise compulsively, or engage routinely and obsessively in any other food or weight related behaviors, this book will help you find the road to recovery. Readers take note: This is no ordinary book on how to overcome an eating disorder. The authors-one a former patient of the other-both have their own histories battling the disorder. Interweaving personal narrative with the perspective of their own therapist-client relationship, their insights bring an unparalleled depth of awareness into just what it takes to successfully beat this challenging and seemingly intractable clinical issue. With great compassion and clinical expertise, Costin and Grabb walk readers through the ins and outs of the recovery process, describing what therapy entails, clarifying the common associated emotions such as fear, guilt, and shame, and, most of all, providing motivation to seek help if you have been discouraged, resistant, or afraid. For anyone who has suffered, their family and friends, and other helping professionals, this book should be by your side. While not a substitute for formal therapeutic care, it offers a penetrating, unique look at what it means to really overcome an eating disorder, how the authors did, how they helped thousands of others do it, and how they hope to help you do it, too. Book jacket.