Forced into recovery

[Short&sweet]

Ia there anyone else who's like a minor (like 14 15ish) who's being forced into recovery? Just wondering if there are and how ur feeling :/

[whyisjordanskinny]

Yepp, just turned 15 today and I start therapy this week.

[Pixiesglimmer]

I'll be fifteen in two months and let me tell you, recovery isnt gonna work if you dont want to recover. I just came out of the hospital (i was there for a week) and I know that ill just go back to my ed habits. I was there a month before, and look where that got me. So if youre forced into recovery, it doesnt really help unless you really want to get better

[tripurity]

I sort of want to add a bright side of things to this:

When I went into recovery, I didn't really want it for myself. If I had been single, I would have continued my eating disorder with no concern. But because I had a significant other in my life who I was committed to, I made the effort to go into a residential treatment center. So at first I did it for other people, but I hit a "rock bottom" in treatment because I was eating so much food I was either going to surrender my ED or go crazy from the food and weight gain. I couldn't keep fighting the system; it was exhausting. I couldn't have recovery AND my ED and still function. So in treatment, I started wanting it for myself.

So even if you are doing it for other people or you are forced, there's that small chance you will get something from it and will eventually seek recovery for yourself, whether it's while you are in treatment now or later down the road.

I think jumping the gun and telling people it will never work unless we want it helps the sufferer sabotage their own treatment and continue to justify and make excuses not to seek help. Although I agree there has to be motivation there, not everybody who is forced will just go back to their old ways once released. My husband was a drug addict at 15 who was forced into treatment and was sure he would play the system and use again once out. But then he also had an "awakening" in treatment has been clean for over 20 years.

[annaliese]

Even if you have negative thoughts towards recovery, use this time valuably even if it's just for talking to someone and venting, which are all important things everyone should do, EDs make you keep everything on the inside, and it helps everyone if you tell someone about these feelings.

[AnnaCatherine]

I was put into therapy by my parents and eventually IP just after I turned 16. Make the absolute best out of it , and do as much talking and sharing, but focus on yourself and your own recovery. Do not get sucked into the politics of it all. It really really sucks and I know it set me back personally because I was totally powerless and had nowhere to turn. Aside from that I only really went into recovery for a while when I decided for myself that I wanted things to be differet. Only you have the power to make the changes, so look inside yourself and decide what is appropriate for you at this time. Please please please take care of your self though. Good Luck with everything.