12 Discerning Books About Eating Disorders – Get your eating habits right again. #3 Searching for God in the Garbage by Bracha Goetz

Why would a young woman who was a successful and popular Harvard grad develop eating disorders? Searching for God in the Garbage is a unique and candid coming-of-age memoir that documents the development and recovery from eating disorders in a joyful and spiritual way.

An eating disorder is no laughing matter, in fact, is right up there along with the most serious diseases of both mind and body that our modern world has to face. It is something that does not happen by chance and is rooted deeply in the psychology of the affected, which having a breakthrough a battle that must be fought first in the mind.

The psyche aspect of the disease is what makes its’ treatment a challenge. The affected must be shown by someone that it is within them to stop over-eating or under-eating for their own good. That helping person might be you if you learn all the basics of treating eating disorders from these books.