A Prison of Food - 43 years of anorexia bulimia

43 years of anorexia and bulimia! While largely autobiographical, this is more than just a story of a journey through life plagued by a mind-altering addiction. True, apart from the prologue and final chapter, it is largely a chronological trip through my long bulimic years, how it affected my behaviour, my life style, my motivations...how it frustrated my aspirations... and my many attempts at "cure". But it goes further. It also explores my insecurities, the fall of my morals at times to petty criminality and total immorality. At times I theorise on the spark that set it off, the fuel that kept it burning, and the foam that has smothered its flame.Although I emerged from this conflagration several years ago, bulimia has left its scars. Demons still haunt and I remain ever vigilant with regards to my eating habits. At best, one would still describe my present dietary regime as eccentric. After 43 years I have to expect this indelible mark on my psyche.I have written my story to enlighten and hopefully assist suffers, their loved ones and any others who wish to help those who grapple with this (and possibly other) addition.