I was reading a post the other day that made my heart drop. It was a blog belonging to a girl who is actively trying to become anorexic.

In my short time on Mindsay, I've actually come across a horrifying number of girls who:

1)have an eating disorder

2)know they have an eating disorder

3)enjoy the fact they have an eating disorder.

I've always been ambivalent of saying anything. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. The way I've always seen it is you can't stop someone from doing something they are determined to do, no matter how hard you try. All you can do is be there when they fall.

But I thought I'd give it a try anyways.

Here's an analogy for you.

When you do certain drugs, you get completely addicted, and you fall further and further into it. Now, you become so sick that you come to a point where you have to make a choice between your addiction or your life.

Anorexia is exactly the same. You either quit or you'll die.

I have had to make that choice with both drugs, and an eating disorder, and it's the best comparison I have ever made in my life. They are parellel in my mind. Exactly the same.

I'll tell you something else. You can eat a little bit just to sustain yourself. But when you do, your stomach will swell up and since not eating has fucked your metabolism you will gain twice as much weight four times as quickly. And then you will freak out and starve again. It's a rollercoaster from hell. You can choose to live this way. Your whole life is consumed by food.

Your body starves for food while your mind drowns in it.

But this isn't a way to live, it's a way to die.

The one thing I hate more than anything is giving advice. So to all you out there, please don't take it as that. But I guess while I'm on a roll, don't do drugs (and I'm not talking natural, or non habit forming).

They're not worth the price you pay.